Maserati has finally decided to step into
the electrified era of automobiles and will do so with their first-ever hybrid
car: the Ghibli. Despite the Ghibli Hybrid official nomenclature, it is, in all
likelihood, a plug-in hybrid model, as previous reports have indicated. The car
was supposed to premiere at the 2020 Beijing Auto Show, but since the event got
postponed in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, it should debut later this
year.
On the outside, the car will bring the
usual design updates that will revolve around the refreshed front and rear
ends. Inside, expect a new infotainment system that will feature a larger
display, and a fully digital instrument cluster. These touches, perhaps joined
by the trim updates, will make the Ghibli feel more modern which it badly
needs, given that the current generation has been in production since 2013.
Other electrified models are in the
pipeline at Maserati. One of them will be the new SUV that will slot under the
Levante, and is apparently due for the 2021MY. The successors of the
Granturismo and Grancabrio are due in 2021 and 2022 respectively, both offered
exclusively as battery-electric models. Some sort of electrification is
expected for the MC20 supercar too, whose presentation was recently pushed back
to September.
