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But here, the entry-level four-cylinder car is quiet and comfortable. Pick the Trofeo and,naturally, that potent V6 will make itself known in city traffic. These are the environments where SUVs spend most of their time, and despite the romance of a Maserati badge looking back at you from the steering wheel, a quiet cabin, compliant ride, good control ergonomics and an unobscured view out take priority. There isn’t much in the way of supercar sparkle, but then the same can be said of a Porsche Macan. Here, going with the flow of weekday traffic, the Grecale feels very much like the everyday car. My route begins at Maserati HQ in central Modena. There’s easily enough space in here for four adults, the trunk is larger than you’d expect and I can see the Grecale fitting in well as a family car. Overall, it’s a smart interior that is more spacious than the interior design suggests. The GT is joined by mid-range Modena and flagship Trofeo variants. They work well enough, but I fear that they are just another item to eventually fail – and when cars with these systems require a physical backup too, the button feels like design for the sake of it. So too would conventional, physical door handles instead of the buttons used here. A firmer prod overcomes this, but a more sensitive button with greater feedback would be preferable. On a couple of occasions during my time with the Grecale I pressed D or R and nothing happened. These are mounted horizontally on the dashboard and, while you’ll get used to this placement in time, they lack the tactile click and immediacy that such controls deserve. What’s less impressive is the gear selector, which comprises individual buttons for drive, reverse, park and neutral. This all works well, and both quickly fall into your muscle memory. The upper, 12.3in screen is more conventional and is used for navigation and media, while the lower, 8.8in screen cascades down to the transmission tunnel and permanently shows cabin climate controls. Infotainment is handled via a pair of centrally-mounted dashboard displays.

It’s a stylish interior that fits the brand well and which feels more spacious than the exterior suggests. There are more Maserati signatures inside, from the metal, over-size gear shift paddles and steering wheel-mounted start button, to the dashboard-mounted clock (albeit now with a digital screen instead of analogue hands).

The interior is more spacious than you might expect, with a large trunk too Maserati Claims of the Grecale looking like the current-generation Ford Puma are unfortunate but not inaccurate, and on passing one I briefly wondered if a fellow Maserati driving was heading towards me.Īround the back, the Grecale’s tail lights resemble the iconic boomerang lamps of the Maserati 3200 GT from 1998. The slim headlights and familiar Maserati grille exude an eager, sporty look that makes the car look more compact than it is.

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Sat on a patch of artificial grass, next to an MC20 at the front of Maserati’s town-center headquarters, the Grecale GT is a good looking thing. Freezing fog sits over the so-called Motor Valley, an engineering hotspot in northern Italy home to Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, Maserati, Ducati, Delara and others. The temperature is barely above freezing, the roads are wet in town and wearing a dusting of snow up in the hills. I arrive in Modena during a pre-Christmas cold spell. If they fail to sell, a difficult decision will be made at the top of parent company Stelantis. If they are a success, we might see more halo cars like the MC20. You will likely hear more about the Trofeo and electric Folgore than the common-or-garden GT and slightly spicier Modena, but it’s these two that will likely sell in the biggest numbers, and which will decide Maserati’s fate.

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All three variants use an eight-speed automatic transmission with paddles behind the steering wheel for manual control, and all are four-wheel-drive. Related to the Nettuno engine of the MC20, the Trofeo’s 3.0-liter V6 produces 523 hp 60 mph is reached in 3.6 seconds and the top speed is 177 mph. Up your budget considerably and the $102,500 Trofeo delivers more of what you’d expect from a car with a Maserati badge on its nose. The 'boomerang' rear lights are inspired by the Maserati 3200GT Maserati

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