Maserati has locked in pricing for its ambitious Grecale SUV, which will arrive in early 2023 priced from $109,500 before on-road costs.
To be offered in three grades – base Grecale GT, mid-spec Grecale Modena ($128,000), and flagship Grecale Trofeo ($165,000), the range will become Maserati’s most affordable offering in Australia by a wide margin, with the next-cheapest (and cheap is a relative term here) model being the Levante large SUV, which kicks off at $145,000 in GT trim.
Later in the life cycle, an all-electric variant dubbed the Grecale Folgore will be added to the family – though pricing and specifications for that model are being kept under a tight lid for now.
Maserati has the Porsche Macan locked squarely in the Grecale’s sights, which is a lofty ambition considering over 1800 Macans have been sold so far this year – or about 4.5 times Maserati’s entire sales volume over the same time period. The Macan also starts from a lower price point, with an entry-level RRP with five digits, not six, but Maserati’s local leadership is confident that the arrival of its first mid-size luxury SUV could conceivably see it doubling its total sales figures, with the Grecale responsible for 60-70 percent of overall volume.
For Australia, the Grecale GT and Modena will receive power from a turbo 2.0-litre four cylinder petrol, with a 48-volt mild hybrid setup helping it crank out 221kW and 450Nm in GT spec, or 242kW and 450Nm in the Modena.
For the performance-focused Grecale Trofeo, the four-cylinder makes way for a 390kW/620Nm 3.0-litre twin-turbo petrol V6 that shares significant DNA with the MC20 supercar’s engine.
Codenamed ‘Nettuno’ by Maserati, that V6 engine is essentially a detuned version of the MC20’s 463kW/730Nm 90-degree V6, and in Grecale trim boasts 15kW more power and 20Nm more torque than that other Italian high-performance SUV, the Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio – which also happens to be a platform partner to the Grecale, though both cars feature their own unique critical dimensions and completely different interior and exterior styling.
All Grecale variants will be equipped with all-wheel drive as standard, with the GT logging a respectable 5.6-second 0-100km/h time, the Modena trimming the clock down to 5.3 seconds, and the Trofeo hitting triple digit speed in just 3.8 seconds – or eight-tenths quicker than a Porsche Macan GTS, and three-tenths ahead of a Stelvio Quadrifoglio.
Standard equipment across the range will include a 12.3-inch digital dash and 12.3-inch multimedia screen (the latter of which sits above an addition screen within the Grecale’s centre stack), adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitoring, lane keep assist, and smartphone mirroring via Android Auto and Apple Carplay.
Maserati has also updated pricing for the rest of its range, which has been consolidated by aligning all existing models (Levante, Ghibli and Quattroporte) to the brand’s three-variant structure of GT, Modena and Trofeo. For a full price list for the 2023 Maserati range, see below.
Meanwhile the 257kW turbo V6 engine of the Levante Modena and Ghibli Modena has been retired, replaced by the 316kW high-output version of the same engine. In conjuction with that move, the Modena S grades have been culled too, given the high-output V6 is now the default powertrain for mid-spec Levantes and Ghiblis.
2023 Maserati Grecale pricing:
| Variant | Price (RRP) |
| GT | $109,500 |
| Modena | $128,000 |
| Trofeo | $165,000 |
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