UHarald Wester, oyi-CEO yeMaserati, useyiqinisekisile kakade inhloso yomkhiqizo wase-Italy wokwethula amamodeli amasha amahlanu ngo-2015, kodwa ngokusho kweCar & Driver, isici sesithupha sisazofika, ngokunembile, i-crossover ehlangene.
Ngokusobala, le crossover izosekelwe endaweni yesikhulumi esathuthukiswa ngokukhethekile iJeep Cherokee yesizukulwane esilandelayo. Futhi uma amahlebezi aqinisekisiwe, i-Maserati izokwenza kutholakale kulo modeli injini engu-3.0-litre bi-turbo V6 ye-Quattroporte entsha. Okufike kube nengqondo… Ngoba uma inhloso yale crossover iwukuba imbangi ye-Porsche crossover yesikhathi esizayo, iPorsche Macan, khona-ke kuzobaluleka ukuqala le “mpi” enempilo yezimpawu zobuchwepheshe.
Le modeli ekuqaleni yayiklanyelwe ukuba yingxenye yeqembu le-Alfa Romeo, ngenhloso yokusiza umkhiqizo ukuthi uziqinisekise emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika. Kodwa-ke, ngokuvuna ukunwetshwa kweMaserati, u-Alfa Romeo wahlehla futhi wavumela umugqa womthathu ukuba uhole kule phrojekthi. Umnyakazo okulindeleke ukuthi ube nenzuzo enkulu eqenjini lakwaFiat...
Umbhalo: Tiago Luís