A new Maserati vehicle in the sport luxury SUV segment was presented at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show yesterday which Maserati says is a natural progression for its product range.
The idea of a sport luxury SUV is naturally not totally new to Maserati, in fact, they did debut a concept way back in 2003, also dubbed the Kubang.
It appears that the catalyst for the rebirth of a Maserati SUV was the access it gained to Jeep’s platform when Fiat jumped in and rescued Chrysler from the abyss. In fact, isn’t the Jeep platform a tweaked Mercedes one?
Maserati are keen to point out that the essence and all major system components of the Maserati sport luxury SUV will unmistakably be Maserati: style, engine, suspensions, brakes, handling and performance will all be 100 percent.
The distinctive Maserati style that makes the Kubang immediately recognisable as a true Maserati has been created by the Maserati Style Centre headed by Lorenzo Ramaciotti.
New-generation high-tech Maserati proprietary engines will be designed in Modena by Paolo Martinelli – Head of the Maserati Powertrain Department and for nearly 30 years at Ferrari, where he also served as engine chief of the Formula One racing team – and will be produced in Maranello by Ferrari.
An AT 8 speed automatic transmission and specific performance settings such as suspensions, brakes, steering will be exclusively developed in Modena for the Maserati sport luxury SUV by the Maserati Product Development Department.
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