The 2024 Maserati GranTurismo will be the first major overhaul of the model in quite a few years, sporting an all-new design inside and out. Unsurprising but now official, the company has announced the new grand tourer is destined to get the brand-new “Nettuno” V-6 power unit that’s found in the Maserati MC20 sports car. Where the MC20 is tuned to chase outright performance and handling, the new GranTurismo will use the engine in a more relaxed, comfortable, and touring-oriented package.
Automakers typically try to keep their new cars under wraps, going to great lengths to hide the shape and features of upcoming models with camouflage and fake body panels. But for whatever reason, Maserati has been very cavalier with the looks of the overhauled 2024 GranTurismo. Earlier this month, Maserati released a video featuring comedian Sebastian Mansicalco in the upcoming Maserati GranTurismo Folgore, the fully electric version of the new car, almost completely undisguised. Many assumed the gas-powered GranTurismo would adopt a nearly identical look, and that assumption seems to be right.
Now, Maserati has published a few new images of the GranTurismo in a release that confirms it will get the brand’s V-6 Nettuno engine, which is already found in MC20 and also the new Grecale Trofeo compact performance SUV. In some applications, the V-6 is rated as high as 621 horsepower and 538 lb-ft of torque. A detuned version of the engine makes up to 523 horsepower in the Grecale Trofeo. It’s unclear if the GranTurismo will multiple versions of the same engine. Comparatively, the GranTurismo Folgore EV model seems to likely be the range-topper, claimed to offer up to 1,200 horsepower from a three-motor drivetrain setup (it may also offer other powertrain configurations).
Maserati claims that the new GranTurismo embodies the spirit of the brand’s first-ever road-going production car, the A6 1500 coupe of 1947. The A6 1500 evolved from a two-seater into a 2+2 (like its modern counterpart) over a few years of production, but was powered by a comparatively modest 1.5-liter I-6 backed by a four-speed manual transmission. Something tells us the Nettuno—in whichever tune—will deliver a much different experience, but still an experience Maserati is confident will express its stated mission of “strength, optimism, and carefree attitude.” The new GranTurismo is set to built in Maserati’s Mirafiori manufacturing complex in Italy when it goes into production next year.
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