Maserati’s sexy 2023 GranTurismo is winter testing again, and this time it’s the Folgore electric version spy photographers have caught in the open. Previous prototype sightings have been of the gasoline powered cars, which are expected to use the same 3.0-liter twin-turbo V6 fitted to the MC20 supercar. In the mid-engined car it makes 621 hp and 730 Nm of torque.
We also expect Maserati to offer a hybrid
version, but the lack of the gas model’s quad tailpipes and fuel filler in the
driver’s side rear quarter panel tell us this one is running exclusively on
electric power. A flap below the driver’s side tailpipe, perhaps left
undisguised on propose to draw our attention, would appear to be a charging
port cover.
Maserati has already admitted it’s working
on an electric version of the next GranTursimo, dubbed Folgore, which is
Italian for “Lightning”, a name being applied to all of Maser’s electrified
models. A fall 2021 teaser video revealed that the next GranTurismo would be
built around a carbon chassis tub, like a McLaren supercar, and would come with
electric motors mounted both front and rear.
The GranTurismo Folgore will be Maserati’s
first ever fully electric car, but the same technology will quickly find its
way into the MC20 supercar. We can expect to see 800v electrical technology for
rapid charging at up to 300 kW. Rapid acceleration is also a given with more
than 600 hp hitting the road through all four wheels giving a likely zero to 60
mph time of 3 seconds or less.
