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The Levante SUV is arguably the most important model in Maserati's 102-year history. Why? Because it enters a totally new segment for the brand, a category that allowed it to roughly double the number of Trident-badged cars sold around the world in one year, especially in the US and China. That...

There's no better evidence that the concept of a luxury vehicle has changed than to get behind the wheel of a 2017 Maserati Levante. While we've seen other upscale marques, especially German in origin, developing luxury SUVs like the BMW X5, Mercedes-Benz GLE and Porsche Cayenne, the Levante...

The Maserati Levante S has gotten its name through inspiration of warm, Mediterranean wind and the 3.0 V6 twin-turbo GDI petrol engine-powered SUV lives up to the expectations of every Maserati enthusiast out there. Just like the Mediterranean wind the Maserati Levante S can change from a light...

Maserati has been here before. Preserving soul-stirring brand values while managing the balance-sheet realities of being a tiny carmaker has never been easy. The last time this Mo**dena-based brand pulled it off, however, was long before Lamborghinis went from sharing farm fields with bulls to...

It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the Levante SUV for Maserati. The brand came back to the US over a decade and and half ago, but since the financial crisis and amid an SUV boom, it's been selling only stylish luxury sedans and sexy GT sports car. That will all now change, and...

We've ascended to 8,500 feet to a beautiful setting and thinner air to conduct our annual All-Stars shoot out. Amassing more than 20 cars and SUVs, there aren't many slouches on deck. For middle of the road cars, it's incredibly difficult to stand out. Unfortunately for Maserati, the company's...

With all those Porsche Mecans and Jaguar F-Paces out there, Maserati's SUV goes up against some stiff competition. For some crazy reason, Maserati decided to only offer the Levante with a single-turbo 3.0-liter diesel engine in the United Kingdom. With just 275 horsepower and a noise that only...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdAGJq6b9H0 To be honest, we don't really care that Harry Metcalfe used to be the boss of Evo because the magazine isn't as popular as it was a decade ago. But the man has owned several Maseratis over the years the last of which was a GranTurismo S if we're not...

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The all new Maserati Levante has blown in to our shores bringing buyers another choice in luzury SUVs. Based on the sedan platform, the Levante is the brand's first SUV model and will offer three variants - the Levante Turbo Diesel, Sport and Luxury - all with a 202kW, 3.0 litre, V6 turbo...

You can argue all you want about whether or not certain companies should build crossovers. That's what the comments section is for. We'd argue that Maserati should have done it a long time ago, having shown its first crossover concept back in 2011 and only delivering on it now. Porsche blazed...

In the last two decades, every luxury brand decided it needed an SUV to remain relevant in a market gone bonkers for tall wagonoids. (Well, almost every one; Ferrari says there's no way it will commit to any truck that we know of, although it would almost certainly be, as the Donald says, yuge!)...

The SUV game in the auto world has been here for a while. With the demand for SUVs or crossover still growing strong, it was not surprising that carmakers were very quick to jump into the game. However, there were a couple of latecomers, one of which is Italian luxury vehicle maker Maserati. In...

The transformation of Maserati from a maker of pretty but also pretty rare hand-built grand touring coupes into a fully fledged global luxury car brand has been forging ahead at full steam for the past three years. But with this road test subject it comes to a rather large and conspicuous...

Just because you have to drive your kids to school or cleave to some other daily schlep, there's no need to do it in a dull car. This seems to be the thinking behind the launch of Maserati's first-ever SUV, the Levante. Featuring a 3.0 twin turbo V6 engine, manufactured in Italy by Ferrari, this...

If you haven't yet, you will start seeing a swanky, new Italian SUV on the road, parked prominently by valets at fancy restaurants, and vying for attention at ritzy country clubs. But Maserati is determined for its new Levante not just to get noticed. It also seeks to challenge the luxury sport...

Maserati has lifted the lid on some bold future product plans as sales rise on the back of its first SUV Maserati has hinted at future product plans that could include a 500bhp+ V8 engined Maserati Levante and an electric car by 2020. There's no desire, however, to extend the brand's SUV...

The Maserati Levante line-up could get a hot version with more than 500bhp later in its lifecycle to rival models such as the BMW X6 M. A souped-up version of the Levante might echo the Quattroporte range-topper, which uses a 3.8-litre V8 engine delivering 523bhp and 479lb ft. At a similar...

It would be hard to overestimate the importance of the Levante SUV for Maserati. The brand came back to the US over a decade and and half ago, but since the financial crisis and amid an SUV boom, it's been selling only stylish luxury sedans and sexy GT sports car. That will all now change, and...