{"id":33032,"date":"2022-10-05T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33032"},"modified":"2022-10-05T11:00:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T15:00:45","slug":"maserati-granturismo-folgore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=33032","title":{"rendered":"BMW Should Pay Attention to the Maserati GranTurismo Folgore"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maserati just dropped the coolest electric car on the market and it seems like few people are paying attention to it. Maybe because it\u2019s Maserati and its plans always seem to fail and its cars tend to underwhelm. Maybe people are just tired of hearing empty promises from the iconic Italian brand. However, the new Maserati<\/a> GranTurismo Folgore is the real deal and all car companies should take notice.<\/p>\n

For starters, the Maserati GranTurismo is the second generation of the brand\u2019s high-end sporty grand touring car. The first-gen car was breathtakingly beautiful but it was about as reliable as Elon Musk\u2019s product launch dates. When it came time to finally design a replacement, literally more than a decade later, you\u2019d think that Maserati would try and create some futuristic looking car to attract gaudy rich people. Instead, though, Maserati designed a tastefully beautiful two-door GT coupe and it has one major trick up its sleeve\u2014lightning.<\/p>\n

The \u201cFolgore\u201d name literally means \u201clightning\u201d in Italian, a word that\u2019s used to remind people that this Maser is actually entirely electric. The GranTurismo Folgore gets an incredibly impressive powertrain and one that combines modern powertrain technology with classic looks.<\/p>\n

Under the skin is an all-new platform that was designed for electrification from the ground up. Three electric motors provide the propulsion, with one at the front axle and two at the rear. The two rear-mounted motors provide real-time torque vectoring, without the need for a limited-slip rear diff. While the front motor makes it all-wheel drive. Combined system power is 749 horsepower, which can get the new Maserati from 0-62 mph in a claimed 2.7 seconds.<\/p>\n

Maserati also did a cool thing with its noise. BMW should be applauded for making electric car noises, with the help of Hans Zimmer,<\/a> as they give its EVs a whiff of fun. However, Hans Zimmer\u2019s electric car soundtrack is entirely made up. It\u2019s sci-fi spaceship noises that give BMW\u2019s EVs a futuristic feel. Maserati went in a different, more emotional direction. Instead of making up sci-fi noises, it took the actual sound of the electric motors\u2019 whine, digitized it, and combined it with a synthetic interpretation of its classic V8 exhaust noise. So what you hear is entirely fake but it\u2019s closely related to the real noises that Maseratis, both past and present, make. And that\u2019s really neat.<\/p>\n

Will the Maserati GranTurismo Folgore be a smash hit? Maybe. Maserati\u2019s brand image isn\u2019t what it used to be and its sales are laughable compared to BMW\u2019s. However, the Folgore does something that no BMW electric car (or really any modern BMW at all) does\u2014it combines brand heritage with modern technology to create a car that\u2019s the perfect blend of old-school and new-school. It honors its history while celebrating the future. It\u2019s also the most seductive electric car in the world, with gorgeous, classic Italian GT car looks and an immensely powerful electric powertrain. BMW, and all premium brands, should look to the GranTurismo Folgore as the example of what car companies should be making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maserati just dropped the coolest electric car on the market and it seems like few people are paying attention to it. Maybe because it\u2019s Maserati and its plans always seem to fail and its cars tend to underwhelm. Maybe people are just tired of hearing empty promises from the iconic Italian brand. However, the new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":33033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}