ONCE TARNISHED, MASERATI’S FAMOUS name is shiny again. The MC20, our reigning eCoty champ, turns out to be a mid-engined marvel for the ages, while the first new-generation GranTurismo to break cover, all 750bhp of whispering electric Folgore, has brought sexy to a mostly rather sterile EV sector. Facing a reputational fightback as well as the market’s baked-in challenges from the long-established Teutonic hegemony, Maserati still has it all to do but is proudly hauling itself back to a state of grace and, just as importantly, a place of relevance.
Following a back-slapping fest for the MC20’s makers, protecting momentum is clearly key, and while the Folgore is necessarily a banker for an electron-dependent future, it’s the all-new, all-wheel-drive, petrol-powered, twin-turbo V6 GranTurismo that will either establish a post-MC20 hit factory to satisfy well-heeled and style-savvy speed lovers or be the good but rather troubled second album. Tough act to follow, the MC20.
Tamer of the two new GranTurismo models and named after its birthplace is the Modena, though with
