SIGN OF THE times: if you want to be taken seriously as a producer of premium performance vehicles in the 21st century you simply must build a sporty SUV.
Performance sedans are a dying breed, and sports cars have always been niche products. Sporty SUVs with a premium badge are where the money is these days.
That’s why the new 2023 Maserati Grecale exists. It pitches Maserati into a competitive segment dominated by Porsche’s Macan and the performance versions of the Mercedes-Benz GLC and BMW X3/X4, with Jaguar’s F-Pace and Alfa Romeo’s Stelvio squabbling at the margins.
The Grecale