A new car reveal wouldn’t be complete without the announcement of a launch edition model designed to part you from more money than you had planned to spend, and Maserati’s Grecale Modena Limited Edition fits that bill. Available to order for U.S. and Canada only via online reservation, because as we all know, Maserati dealers are rushed off their feet and wouldn’t have a chance of coping with the extra footfall if you actually went inside, the limited edition model is named after Maserati’s home city in Italy and promises special combinations of paint and equipment not available on regular models.
Available in a choice of Bianco (white),
Nero Tempesta (black), Blu Intesno (blue), Grigio Lava (gray) or Rosso
Granturismo (red), the cars each come with 21-inch Pegaso machine-polished
wheels, adaptive air suspension with Skyhook damping, a 14-speaker Sonus faber
hifi, and a panoramic roof.
Other equipment includes heated seats,
adaptive cruise control, active blind spot monitoring, and lane-keeping
assistance, plus a limited-slip differential to help the mild-hybrid, 2.0-liter
four-cylinder engine put down its 325 hp. That’s 29 hp more than same
engine delivers in the base Grecale, and despite torque being unchanged at 450 Nm, enables the Modena to get to 100 km/h in 5.3, rather
than 5.6 seconds.
That makes it considerably slower than the
range-topping Trofeo, which uses a modified version of the MC20 supercar’s
twin-turbo 3.0-liter V6, and pumps out 530 PS at 6,500 rpm and 620 Nm from 3,000 to 5,500 rpm for a 3.8-second zero to 62 mph time. Maserati
isn’t saying exactly how limited the Modena Limited Editions will be, or how
much you’ll have to pay to get one, but we do know that online reservations
require a US$ 500 refundable deposit to your preferred Maserati dealership and that
the first cars should be ready for delivery in Fall 2022.
