Maserati GranTurismo Folgore Sets All-Electric Bar for Off-The-Line Excellence, Hitting 60 MPH in just Over 2.5 Seconds

2022 has certainly been a year of change and new beginnings for us here at Jim Butler Maserati of St. Louis, with the blossoming popularity of electrification and new design. The 1,200-horsepower all-electric GranTurismo Folgore was the topic on tap for the writers on staff at the Jalopnik.com blog this week, with the arrival of a brand-new coupe and many reasons to celebrate the incoming era of definitive changes in the auto industry. 

The model that is named after the Italian word for “lightning” most certainly performs as such, as the breathtaking sprint up to 60 MPH takes just 2.6 seconds. The Folgore will deftly surpass the 300-mph mark as well, which is greater than Maserati’s estimation of a 180-mph top speed earlier on in the development process. In this video, Head of Design Klaus Busse and Chief Communications Officer Maria Conti get in for an exhilarating ride with comedian Sebastian Maniscalo, depicting for audiences worldwide just how amazingly fast you can “careen even minus the gasoline”!

During the video, the camera is pointed back toward those in the cabin, and the dashboard is still blurred out to avoid leaking all the finer details. The missing buttons make for a very clean and simplistic appearance, as the last GranTurismo was one of the last cars to use an old-school monochrome-green LCD screen when it took a temporary leave of absence 3 years ago. There are a couple of other valuable tidbits learned from the short film, such as the ability courtesy of DC fast charging to provide 100 miles of range in just 10 minutes. 

There will also be Folgore versions coming soon of the upcoming Grecale SUV and MC20 supercar arriving over the next year, along with a convertible GranCabrio version of the GranTurismo. The outlined plan thus far is to see all models be electric by 2030, with the GranTurismo being one of the few to still offer a gas version. One of the recent forums on the Road and Track website went into detail regarding how this incoming model was a triumph for not appearing as “pathetically nerdy” as some of the other options out there were plagued by boxy and lifeless design.The launch is currently on track for the end of 2023, which was previously confirmed by Stellantis at the official presentation on February 23. At that time, they said the GranTurismo and GranCabrio Evs would launch within 22 months. This concept is a bit like the Alfieri 2+2 concept shown 8 years ago at the Geneva Motor Show, featuring a long bonnet, dartingly short overhangs, and a slightly longer wheelbase. An Automotive News Europe report dated February 17, 2022, claimed that this model would be situated on a completely re-engineered Giorgio platform. On April 10, 2022, Maserati shared pictures of our esteemed CEO Carlos Tavares experiencing a “charging ride” in a prototype to social media followers on Twitter, and this raucously rapid 0-60 time is just one indicator of how pure and potent of a drive time you’ll enjoy with the Folgore in the future.

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