Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Jeep Platform could give life to Maserati, Alfa SUV's

Okay, so I was just reading an article about how Fiat is thinking of using the same platform that the new Jeep Grand Cherokee is built on, to make a Maserati or Alfa Romeo SUV. Being a fan of Italian car design, how badass would a Maserati SUV look ?? The Quattroporte and GranTurismo are absolutely gorgeous cars, just think of they could to an SUV. Maserati has done an SUV concept before I believe but very little every came of it. It kind of looked like a jacked-up Quattroporte, just not as visually awe inducing. I bet there will be a bit of uproar from Maserati purists, much like there was when Porsche announced they were sending the Cayenne into production back in the early 2000's, but look how well that has worked for them. The Cayenne is sporty, luxurious, and fairly common anymore. The problems will probably come with the price. Porsche has multiple models that cheaper than the Cayenne, such as the Boxster, and base model 911's. Maserati's cheapest model is the GranTurismo base and it's starting price is $118,000+. They'd have to make it affordable for the upper tiers of the middle class, much like the Cayenne, for it to truly be successful, unless they just want to keep it exclusive, either way, I think it's a great idea. Just think, am SUV with a Ferrari-made V8 or V10 engine. That would be crazy. I'll post more on this when there's more info.....

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