Officially called Officine Maserati Grugliasco S.p.A., the plant where Maserati makes the Ghibli and Quattroporte went online in the first quarter of 2013. In the short period of time since then, the Grugliasco plant managed to produce 100,000 vehicles.
That’s an outstanding figure for the House of the Trident and, most impressively, a lot of cars for just over three years since the plant started churning out the Ghibli and Quattroporte. Sitting on the ground where Carrozzeria Bertone used to have the factory where it made bite-the-back-of-your-hand beautiful body shells, the Avv. Giovanni Agnelli Plant bears the name of the man who founded the Fiat brand in 1899.
As pictured in the photograph above, the 100,000th vehicle made by Maserati in Grugliasco is a white-painted Quattroporte from the 2017 model year, a GranSport variant en route to his first owner in the People’s Republic of China. Had they lived today, the six Maserati brothers would’ve been proud about their company’s world renown.
Alfredo Altavilla, whose card reads FCA chief operating officer for the EMEA region, is chuffed to bits as well. “The 6th generation of the Maserati sedan, developed here at Grugliasco, is the best-selling Quattroporte of all time.” Altavilla added that approximately 70,000 units of the Ghibli were built at Grugliasco. In other words, the Ghibli has become the most successful Maserati ever.
That’s about to change, however, with the advent of the Levante. Dubbed “the Maserati of SUVs,” the mid-size model has what it needs to take the best-selling crown from the Ghibli in due time. Compared to the sedans, the SUV is built nearby at the Fabbrica Italia Mirafiori S.p.A. alongside the [wait for it] Alfa Romeo MiTo.
The GranTurismo and GranCabrio, on the other hand, are built in Modena at the historic headquarters on Viale Ciro Menotti. As the oldest model in the range, the GranTurismo will be replaced in the near future with an all-new model bearing the same name. It’s not known the House of the Trident will be able to bring it out in 2017, but one thing is certain: you won’t be seeing one sooner than 2018.
As pictured in the photograph above, the 100,000th vehicle made by Maserati in Grugliasco is a white-painted Quattroporte from the 2017 model year, a GranSport variant en route to his first owner in the People’s Republic of China. Had they lived today, the six Maserati brothers would’ve been proud about their company’s world renown.
Alfredo Altavilla, whose card reads FCA chief operating officer for the EMEA region, is chuffed to bits as well. “The 6th generation of the Maserati sedan, developed here at Grugliasco, is the best-selling Quattroporte of all time.” Altavilla added that approximately 70,000 units of the Ghibli were built at Grugliasco. In other words, the Ghibli has become the most successful Maserati ever.
That’s about to change, however, with the advent of the Levante. Dubbed “the Maserati of SUVs,” the mid-size model has what it needs to take the best-selling crown from the Ghibli in due time. Compared to the sedans, the SUV is built nearby at the Fabbrica Italia Mirafiori S.p.A. alongside the [wait for it] Alfa Romeo MiTo.
The GranTurismo and GranCabrio, on the other hand, are built in Modena at the historic headquarters on Viale Ciro Menotti. As the oldest model in the range, the GranTurismo will be replaced in the near future with an all-new model bearing the same name. It’s not known the House of the Trident will be able to bring it out in 2017, but one thing is certain: you won’t be seeing one sooner than 2018.