Maserati is going to start its electric onslaught with the Folgore EV that will also spawn the next-generation GranTurismo. Recently, the company surprisingly introduced a teaser video where the GranTurismo EV was seen without camouflage, featuring a sleek but recognizable styling.
Seeing the video, we can find the charging port under the left taillight, allowing the owner to accumulate 100 miles in only 10 minutes (100 kilometres in five minutes).
Powertrain
The all-new GranTurismo Folgore will feature a trimotor setup generating a whopping 1,200 horsepower, enabling the GT to hit 60 mph in only 2.6 seconds (100 km/h in 2.7) seconds. Keep pushing the pedal, and Maserati’s first electric car will top out at 200 mph (320 km/h). The video also brings out the artificial sound the GT produces just to copy the thunder of a powerful combustion mill.
Exterior
If seeing the video makes you think it has taken design cues from the ongoing GT, which came in 2007, you are right about it. While some may argue that the EV should have a 100% new design, the current low-slung coupe has the dynamics any sports car would like to copy. We hope you are also familiar with that gas-powered GranTurismo hasn’t been offered since 2019.
Interior
Unfortunately, the automaker didn’t give us a full picture of the interior. However, we have seen the two-tone cabin and separate back seats. The center console starts from the front and ends at the rear, sitting on the top of the center shaft where the EV houses the battery pack.
The company will also build a gas-powered GT – probably featuring the Nettuno V6 mill – that will certainly replace the battery with a driveshaft.
Future Plans
By the mid of this decade, we will see every Maserati model having at least one EV variant in the lineup. By the end of this decade, the company will stop using combustion engines in their cars.
Regarding the imminent models, the new GT EV will be followed by a GranCabrio. Ghibli will fade out in the next two years, and the V8 powerplant will also be dead. Another news says that the upcoming Quattroporte will be smaller than the outgoing model.
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