Maserati Plots an Electric Levante and a Bold Quattroporte

Maserati skipped the Paris Motor Show this month. For a brand that’s been fighting rumors about its future, that empty space said a lot. But the people running the Italian automaker say the trident isn’t going anywhere. They’re promising a full plan in December, and the early hints point to an electric Levante and a Quattroporte that won’t look much like the sedan fans remember.

• Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa says Maserati isn’t for sale and will lay out its future in Modena, Italy, this December.
• Maserati boss Santo Ficili says an electric SUV is coming to fill the gap left by the discontinued Levante.
• The next Quattroporte is expected to drop the sedan body for a low, large shape that sits somewhere between a shooting brake and a crossover.

A Rough Stretch for the Trident

Maserati has had a tough few years. Sales have slipped, and expensive import tariffs have made its cars harder to sell. The lineup has also shrunk a lot. The Levante SUV is gone, and so are the Quattroporte and Ghibli sedans. Even the V-8 engines that gave so many Maseratis their voice have been discontinued.

Right now, the lineup centers on the Grecale crossover plus the GranTurismo and GranCabrio. That’s a thin roster for a brand with this much history, and it helped fuel talk that Stellantis, Maserati’s parent company, might push the brand out the door.

Filosa shut that idea down in an interview with Bloomberg TV, making clear that Maserati isn’t up for sale. He also said the brand will be presented in Modena in December and that the event will offer real substance, not a stack of presentation slides. The plan is expected to include two new concepts plus a long-term strategy that covers new products and technology.

The Levante Comes Back With a Plug

Santo Ficili, who leads both Maserati and Alfa Romeo, has said the brand needs to get back into important segments it has stepped away from. He pointed to the spots once held by the Levante and the Quattroporte.

For the Levante, that means an electric SUV built to fill the hole the old model left behind. The original Levante was known for its muscular twin-turbo V-6 and V-8 engines. Its successor is expected to swap those for an electric powertrain. If the new SUV ends up close in size to the gas version, it would slot above the compact Grecale Folgore in Maserati’s electric SUV range.

That would give Maserati a large luxury SUV again, a segment it’s been missing since the Levante bowed out. Just don’t expect hard numbers yet. Maserati hasn’t shared the new model’s size, powertrain details or production timing, so any talk of range, power or price is guesswork for now.

A Quattroporte That Ditches the Sedan Shape

The bigger surprise is the Quattroporte. It’s been a sedan since it first arrived in the 1960s, and that’s about to change. Ficili has described the next one as a very low, big car that lands somewhere between a shooting brake and a crossover.

That’s a bold move for one of Italy’s best-known luxury sedans. Shooting brakes usually blend a sleek, sporty profile with a wagon-like rear, so the new car could end up as a very different kind of flagship. Ficili’s focus on keeping it low suggests this won’t be a tall SUV wearing a famous badge.

Some longtime fans may wince at losing the classic four-door sedan profile. Still, it’s clear Maserati wants a real change of identity for the Quattroporte instead of a light refresh, and December should show how far the brand plans to push that idea.

What to Watch for When Maserati Opens the Curtain in Modena

Nothing is official yet. No specs, no prices and no on-sale dates have been confirmed for either model. The December event in Modena should fill in a lot of those blanks, and it’s shaping up to be the clearest look at Maserati’s direction in years.

A few things are worth watching when the curtain goes up:

• Whether the two concepts preview the electric Levante, the new Quattroporte or something else entirely
• Any timeline for when these models might reach showrooms
• How Stellantis plans to support the brand with new technology over the long haul

If you’re shopping for a Maserati today, the current choices are the Grecale, GranTurismo and GranCabrio. If you’ve been holding out for a big SUV or a flagship four-door, it may pay to wait until December before you decide. After a quiet stretch and a skipped auto show, Maserati looks ready to talk again, and fans of the trident will want to hear what it has to say.