Maserati Model History

Italy · founded 1914

Italy's storied luxury and performance marque — home of the trident badge since 1914, the Quattroporte grand sedan, and the thunderous GranTurismo.

Models

3500 GT

Maserati's first mass-produced road car — the Touring-bodied grand tourer that saved the company from bankruptcy and defined its post-racing identity.

Grand tourer · 1957–1964
Ghibli (1967)

A Giugiaro masterpiece at Ghia — the quad-cam V8 low-slung coupe widely regarded as one of the most beautiful Italian cars of the 1960s.

Grand tourer · 1967–1973
Quattroporte

Italy's answer to the sport sedan — six generations of the world's fastest four-door, from a 1963 V8 Pietro Frua design to the 2013 Ferrari-engined flagship.

Full-size luxury car · 1963–2023
Bora

Maserati's first mid-engine road car — a Giugiaro-designed GT that brought Citroën's hydraulic wizardry to Italian supercar packaging.

Sports car · 1971–1978
Merak

The Bora's smaller-engined, 2+2 sibling — sharing its Giugiaro body but powered by a Citroën-sourced V6, later upgraded to the Merak SS.

Sports car · 1972–1983
Biturbo

The world's first mass-market twin-turbocharged production car — controversial in quality but pivotal in keeping Maserati alive through the 1980s.

Grand tourer · 1981–1994
3200 GT

Maserati's comeback coupe under Ferrari stewardship — a Giugiaro-designed GT with LED boomerang taillights and twin-turbo V8.

Grand tourer · 1998–2002
Coupé / Spyder

The Ferrari-V8 successors to the 3200 GT — the Coupé and Spyder brought a 4.2-litre Ferrari-derived engine and a Cambiocorsa paddle-shift option.

Grand tourer · 2001–2007
GranTurismo

Maserati's signature 2+2 grand tourer — a Ferrari-engined V8 icon in its first generation, now reborn with a twin-turbo V6 and an electric Folgore.

Grand tourer · 2007–present
Ghibli

Maserati's volume mid-size sedan revival — the model that made Maserati accessible to a new global audience, becoming the brand's best-seller.

Mid-size luxury car · 2013–2023
Levante

Maserati's first-ever SUV — the mid-size crossover that brought the trident badge to the booming luxury SUV market and became a volume anchor for the brand.

Mid-size SUV · 2016–2024
MC20

Maserati's re-entry into the supercar arena — a mid-engine coupe powered by the all-new Nettuno twin-turbo V6 with pre-chamber F1-derived combustion technology.

Sports car · 2021–present
Grecale

Maserati's compact luxury SUV — sharing the Alfa Romeo Giorgio/Stelvio platform but with full Maserati character, including a 530 PS Trofeo V6.

Compact SUV · 2023–present

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