We’ll surely all Maserati’s are now just rebadged Fiats.
And the diesel Ghibli actually saved the Maserati brand, your beloved versions were sinking the business into oblivion.
“Maserati has been in a transition since 2013. Sales in Europe had declined every year since 2009, but 2013 marked the replacement of the flagship sedan
Quattroporte and the introduction of a smaller four-door sedan
Ghibli, which competes with high-end versions of the
BMW 5-series/6-series
Gran Coupe,
Audi A6/A7 and
Mercedes-Benz E-class/CLS. As a result, the Italian brand’s sales have increased sharply since that year, peaking at almost 10.000 sales in 2017, nearly tenfold of the brand’s volume in 2012 and up from the previous record at just under 3.300 units in 2008.
One of the reasons the brand was able to grow so quickly was the success of the Ghibli and the addition of optional diesel engines on both the Ghibli and Quattroporte. The Quattroporte and Ghibli were the first Maseratis ever to be offered with a
diesel engine, a 3.0 liter V6 turbodiesel unit cranking out 275 horsepower (205 kW). The Italian brand has broken its annual sales record every year from 2014 to 2017”