Maserati Italian luxury car maker whose parent company is Fiat and a close relative of Ferrari as well, is looking to increase its sales to 50,000 units annually. With there current line up this could not have been possible due to their high end expensive luxury cars. They need something more in their bag to compete with Audi A6, BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class. And the answer is the new Maserati Ghibli.
Maserati sold 6300 units in the year 2012 world wide and they are expecting to touch 50000 units by 2015. Interesting part is around 18000 orders are from China alone.
Ghibli will be offered with three six-cylinder engines, two gas and one diesel. The base engine is a turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 with 330 horsepower and 368 pound-feet of torque, good for a 0-62 time of 5.6 seconds. The more powerful Ghibli S, however, comes with a twin-turbocharged version of this engine, good for 410 hp and 406 lb-ft, reducing that 0-62 time to just five seconds flat. On the diesel end, the Ghibli will offer a 3.0-liter diesel V6 with 275 hp and 443 lb-ft of twist, able to do that same 62-mile-per-hour run in a still impressive 6.3 seconds. The more powerful Ghibli S will also be available with Maserati's new Q4 all-wheel-drive system. Priced at $65k for a base model.
