Naza Italia-Maserati announced today that the first electrified vehicle in Maserati’s history – the new Ghibli Hybrid is now available in Malaysia. The spark of electrification ignites
Maserati’s future: with the new Ghibli Hybrid, the Trident Brand enters the world of electrification.
The new Ghibli Hybrid is one of the most ambitious projects for Maserati, it is another step forward towards the brands new Era. With the arrival of the new Ghibli Hybrid in Malaysia, it expands the Maserati range and is now more competitive and responsive to the demands of the market.
“The choice to introduce the hybrid technology on the Ghibli sedan is not a coincidence: this model, with over 100,000 units produced globally since its launch in 2013, perfectly embodies the Modena-based manufacturer’s DNA.
In fact, the real challenge that Maserati faced was to enter the world of electrification without altering the brand’s core philosophy and values. The result is the creation of the best possible hybrid.
Whats more, Ghibli Hybrid will retain the unmistakable sound that has always distinguished every Maserati, said Dato’ Nik Hamdam, Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), Automotive Group, Naza Corporation Holdings.
This new Ghibli Hybrid is easily recognisable with the new design of both exterior and interior. The common denominator of the restyling, developed by the Centro Stile Maserati, is the blue colour, which is universally adopted as the symbol of clean mobility.
It was chosen to identify all cars with hybrid technology and the new world they represent.
At the first glance on the exterior, the blue colour characterises the three iconic side air ducts, the brake callipers and the thunderbolt in the oval that encloses the Trident on the rear pillar.
The same blue colour reappears inside the car, particularly on the embroidered seams of the seats. The new Ghibli Hybrid also introduces new stylistic contents, make it even more elegant, starting from the new front grille, with bars redesigned to represent a tuning fork, a musical device that emits a sound of extreme purity, and which also evokes the Trident symbol itself.
There are also significant changes at the rear of the car, where the light clusters have been completely restyled, with a boomerang-like profile inspired by the 3200 GT and the Alfieri concept car.
The innovative powertrain has been completely restyled by Maserati Innovation Lab in Modena, to achieve greater torque.
It combines an internal combustion engine (4 cylinders, turbo, displacement of 2.0 l) with a 48-volt alternator and an additional electric supercharger (e-Booster), supported by a battery.
The battery is mounted in the rear of the car, with benefits in terms of improved weight distribution. Even with all the new electrical bits and pieces, the new Ghibli Hybrid is still weighing about 80 kg less than the V6 Diesel variant.
Lies beneath the elegant look of the car is the innovative high-tech secret – the hybrid powerplant that generates 330 hp and torque of 450 Nm delivered from just 2,250 rpm, the new Ghibli Hybrids performance data are very impressive: top speed of 255 km/h and acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in 5.7 seconds.
