Maserati Kubang

[Martini Racing 2.541]

Ik heb de 2 bestaande topics samengevoegd, even hier de openingspost van Daann toevoegen - Jupke

Frankfurt, September 13, 2011. A new Maserati vehicle in the sport luxury SUV segment will represent a natural direction for Maserati to enlarge its product range and strengthen its presence in the sport luxury market. For some reason SUVs today never seem to offer the kind of uplifting driving pleasure and luxury atmosphere that are two givens of today’s high-end sports and luxury cars. And this is precisely what Maserati set out to do with its new sport luxury SUV concept that is being unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show today, the forerunner of the future Maserati range, creating at once discontinuity by entering a new segment, and continuity by maintaining the integrity of Maserati’s DNA.

The idea of a sport luxury SUV is naturally not totally new to Maserati. Many will remember the Kubang concept that was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in 2003. At a time in which few other brands were going in the direction of a sport luxury SUV, Maserati was already thinking to build one.

Today potential synergies with sister brand Jeep – a brand that 70 years ago created a new segment of the market and is today a leader of this very segment – are the important catalyst for Maserati’s own interpretation of a sport luxury SUV. And it seems only appropriate to give the model that we are unveiling today the very name of the concept that opened the way: Maserati Kubang.

The essence and all major system components of the Maserati sport luxury SUV will unmistakably be Maserati: style, engine, suspensions, brakes, handling and performance will all be 100% Maserati in picture-perfect continuity with the brand’s core values of sportiness, style, elegance, luxury, performance and craftsmanship.

The distinctive Maserati style that makes the Kubang immediately recognisable as a true Maserati has been created by the Maserati Style Center headed by Lorenzo Ramaciotti.

New-generation high-tech Maserati proprietary engines will be designed in Modena by Paolo Martinelli – Head of the Maserati Powertrain Department and for nearly 30 years at Ferrari, where he also served as engine chief of the Formula One racing team – and will be produced in Maranello by Ferrari.

An AT 8 speed automatic transmission and specific performance settings such as suspensions, brakes, steering will be exclusively developed in Modena for the Maserati sport luxury SUV by the Maserati Product Development Department.

Until today Maserati has been producing sedans, coupes and two- or four-seater convertibles. Whether we named them Quattroporte, GranTurismo or GranCabrio – or, before them, Ghibli, Mistral, Bora or Indy - their common denominator rested in two words: sportiness and luxury. Times have changed: sportiness and luxury today don’t have just one definition. They can also take the form of a very dynamic looking and high performing sport luxury SUV.

Source [Maserati]

Maserati will show this SUV concept car at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show. It's the long-awaited Maserati 4x4 shown in thinly veiled show car guise; you can expect something very similar on London and Cheshire driveways from 2013.

Based on the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the 2013 Maser SUV will have totally new bodywork and a bespoke interior. Maser knows if it is to dip into the parts sharing game, it must change things wholesale.

Hence the classical Maserati dished grille and the more sporting, BMW X6-inspired sloping roofline. They're all at it now: Porsche Cayennes, BMW X6s...

[h=2]Maserati SUV: the leaked photo[/h] CAR has obtained this single photo ahead of a planned unveiling on Tuesday at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show. It was released prematurely in IAA literature.

The 4x4 is part of a plan to lift Maserati sales tenfold. Last year, Modena sold 5600 vehicles, but with the SUV and a host of new product - including 2012's new Quattroporte, which will extend to include six-cylinder power and diesels - it hopes to hit as high as 50,000 units a year.

Providing the go in this reskinned Grand Cherokee is an all-Italian Maserati 4.7-litre V8 mustering some 450bhp. As previously reported by CAR, Maser will have to offer a diesel in Europe to be competitive; a 3.0 V6 TD is likely to come from derv specialist VM Motori.

[h=2]What else do we know about the Maserati SUV concept car?[/h] We'll hear the full story on 13 September 2011 at the IAA Frankfurt auto show. But for now we'd say this is one very-close-to-production Maser off-roader.

The car will be built at the same plant as the Jeep Grand Cherokee - Chrysler's Jefferson North plant in Detroit. Modena-meets-Michigan.

Bron:http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Maserati-SUV-concept-car-the-leaked-first-photo/

13 september 2011 aangepast door Jupke

[kefkie 2.216]

Zo lelijk, precies een X6 die een mislukte facelift heeft ondergaan.

[GinoV 25]

Heeft wat weg van een GTS die ze korter en hoger hebben gemaakt.

[Glenn-N 8.258]

Zo da's lelijk.

Maar als het klinkt als een GranTurismo S, who cares.

[Martini Racing 2.541]

Ik wacht nog op de full picture, maar tot zover vind ik het niet zo lelijk.

[GinoV 25]

Diesel in een Maserati..

[Carlito 5.715]

blijft jammer dat ze de Kubang concept nooit uitgebracht hebben

[Jef 439]

Haha, wat een drol. Als die bovendien nog eens in de States naast de Grand Cherokee wordt gebouwd, dan zal het qua afwerkingskwaliteit niet veel soeps worden...

[Martini Racing 2.541]

Toch mooier dan een Cayenne.

Betwijfel wel of die 4.7 genoeg koppel zal hebben.

[GinoV 25]

Goed nieuws:

A Maserati spokesperson has released a statement to evo saying that 'the pictures that have appeared are not pictures of the Maserati SUV concept'.

[GinoV 25]

MASERATI’S VISION OF A HIGH PERFORMING SPORT LUXURY SUV

Maserati Reveals the new Kubang

Frankfurt, September 13, 2011. A new Maserati vehicle in the sport luxury SUV segment will represent a natural direction for Maserati to enlarge its product range and strengthen its presence in the sport luxury market. For some reason SUVs today never seem to offer the kind of uplifting driving pleasure and luxury atmosphere that are two givens of today’s high-end sports and luxury cars. And this is precisely what Maserati set out to do with its new sport luxury SUV concept that is being unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show today, the forerunner of the future Maserati range, creating at once discontinuity by entering a new segment, and continuity by maintaining the integrity of Maserati’s DNA.

The idea of a sport luxury SUV is naturally not totally new to Maserati. Many will remember the Kubang concept that was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in 2003. At a time in which few other brands were going in the direction of a sport luxury SUV, Maserati was already thinking to build one.

Today potential synergies with sister brand Jeep – a brand that 70 years ago created a new segment of the market and is today a leader of this very segment – are the important catalyst for Maserati’s own interpretation of a sport luxury SUV. And it seems only appropriate to give the model that we are unveiling today the very name of the concept that opened the way: Maserati Kubang.

The essence and all major system components of the Maserati sport luxury SUV will unmistakably be Maserati: style, engine, suspensions, brakes, handling and performance will all be 100% Maserati in picture-perfect continuity with the brand’s core values of sportiness, style, elegance, luxury, performance and craftsmanship.

The distinctive Maserati style that makes the Kubang immediately recognisable as a true Maserati has been created by the Maserati Style Center headed by Lorenzo Ramaciotti.

New-generation high-tech Maserati proprietary engines will be designed in Modena by Paolo Martinelli – Head of the Maserati Powertrain Department and for nearly 30 years at Ferrari, where he also served as engine chief of the Formula One racing team – and will be produced in Maranello by Ferrari.

An AT 8 speed automatic transmission and specific performance settings such as suspensions, brakes, steering will be exclusively developed in Modena for the Maserati sport luxury SUV by the Maserati Product Development Department.

Until today Maserati has been producing sedans, coupes and two- or four-seater convertibles. Whether we named them Quattroporte, GranTurismo or GranCabrio – or, before them, Ghibli, Mistral, Bora or Indy - their common denominator rested in two words:sportiness and luxury. Times have changed: sportiness and luxury today don’t have just one definition. They can also take the form of a very dynamic looking and high performing sport luxury SUV.

Source [Maserati]

[TCT 5.918]

Nu is het precies een Aziaat...

[Daann 4.202]

Frankfurt, September 13, 2011. A new Maserati vehicle in the sport luxury SUV segment will represent a natural direction for Maserati to enlarge its product range and strengthen its presence in the sport luxury market. For some reason SUVs today never seem to offer the kind of uplifting driving pleasure and luxury atmosphere that are two givens of today’s high-end sports and luxury cars. And this is precisely what Maserati set out to do with its new sport luxury SUV concept that is being unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show today, the forerunner of the future Maserati range, creating at once discontinuity by entering a new segment, and continuity by maintaining the integrity of Maserati’s DNA.

The idea of a sport luxury SUV is naturally not totally new to Maserati. Many will remember the Kubang concept that was unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in 2003. At a time in which few other brands were going in the direction of a sport luxury SUV, Maserati was already thinking to build one.

Today potential synergies with sister brand Jeep – a brand that 70 years ago created a new segment of the market and is today a leader of this very segment – are the important catalyst for Maserati’s own interpretation of a sport luxury SUV. And it seems only appropriate to give the model that we are unveiling today the very name of the concept that opened the way: Maserati Kubang.

The essence and all major system components of the Maserati sport luxury SUV will unmistakably be Maserati: style, engine, suspensions, brakes, handling and performance will all be 100% Maserati in picture-perfect continuity with the brand’s core values of sportiness, style, elegance, luxury, performance and craftsmanship.

The distinctive Maserati style that makes the Kubang immediately recognisable as a true Maserati has been created by the Maserati Style Center headed by Lorenzo Ramaciotti.

New-generation high-tech Maserati proprietary engines will be designed in Modena by Paolo Martinelli – Head of the Maserati Powertrain Department and for nearly 30 years at Ferrari, where he also served as engine chief of the Formula One racing team – and will be produced in Maranello by Ferrari.

An AT 8 speed automatic transmission and specific performance settings such as suspensions, brakes, steering will be exclusively developed in Modena for the Maserati sport luxury SUV by the Maserati Product Development Department.

Until today Maserati has been producing sedans, coupes and two- or four-seater convertibles. Whether we named them Quattroporte, GranTurismo or GranCabrio – or, before them, Ghibli, Mistral, Bora or Indy - their common denominator rested in two words: sportiness and luxury. Times have changed: sportiness and luxury today don’t have just one definition. They can also take the form of a very dynamic looking and high performing sport luxury SUV.

Source [Maserati]

[Daann 4.202]

En dan binnen een jaar ofzo nog met een V6 en zelfs diesel

[GinoV 25]

En dan binnen een jaar ofzo nog met een V6 en zelfs diesel

Een V6 kan nog maar DIESEL..:stupid:

[JanC 7.230]

Bah, dit hoort toch echt niet...

[Audi S8 1.621]

Precies een Ssangyong :?

[Martini Racing 2.541]

A Maserati spokesperson has released a statement to evo saying that 'the pictures that have appeared are not pictures of the Maserati SUV concept'.

Jammer.

[tato 1.586]

Past niet in het rijtje langs de GranTurismo en de Quattreporte.

[GinoV 25]

[Phil 11.553]

Zie dit nu pas. Wat is dat voor iets.

Toch benieuwd om het in 't echt te zien.

[Lotuzzz 15.224]

Ik vind 'm zeer OK! Zeker in vergelijking met die witte 'productieversie'.

[Lotuzzz 15.224]

Topic moet overigens bij scoops en prototypes? Want 't is de concept he, dat ding op de IAA.

[RRD 9.052]

Ik vind 'm nog wel dik.

[DuDe 1.156]

Zo lelijk, precies een X6 die een mislukte facelift heeft ondergaan.

En de X6 is al zo'n mottig gedrocht...