The production-spec Maserati Alfieri will premiere
at next year’s Geneva Motor Show. Maserati first unveiled the
Alfieri as a concept back in 2014, but the production model has been delayed
multiple times due to changes to FCA’s scheduling. This will finally change
when the road-going Alfieri hits the market in 2021 or 2022, between 12 and 24
months after its unveiling.
When the Alfieri was initially confirmed for
production in May 2014, Maserati claimed that it would be offered with three V6
powertrains delivering between 404 hp and 513 hp. Well, these plans appear to
have changed significantly.
The dashing sports car will be built on an aluminum
space frame and will be available as a mild hybrid, a plug-in hybrid as well as
a an all-electric with three e-motors, four-wheel drive, torque vectoring, and
800V battery technology. The automaker boasts that it will be “the Maserati of
EVs” and the “first luxury EV coupe”, offering a 0-100 km/h sprint
of around 2 seconds and a top speed in excess of 300 km/h.
The Alfieri will be offered in both coupe and
convertible forms and, while hybrid sports cars are still in an early phase,
Maserati believes that it is one of the few car manufacturers that can make
such vehicles without losing money.
