Maserati is reported to be planning two concept cars for Dec. 10, one reviving the Quattroporte name and one the Levante. Both nameplates were discontinued in 2024. The date traces to unnamed sources, and Maserati has not confirmed it.
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What is firmer is the month and the place. Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa has said Maserati will be presented in Modena in December, and Maserati chief Santo Ficili has described a Quattroporte that would not be a conventional sedan. The concepts are expected to preview the brand’s future design language, and the Levante would bring Maserati back into the large-SUV class it currently lacks.
A Dec. 10 date from unnamed sources
The Supercar Blog, in an item by Rohan S. on Nov. 7, labeled the date an exclusive on the Levante and Quattroporte concepts. It attributes the Dec. 10 date to its own sources, names none, and gives no venue. It says the concepts are meant to preview Maserati’s future design language.
Autoblog’s Rex Sanchez, writing on Nov. 8, treated the date with caution and said the unveiling has yet to be officially confirmed. He likened the exercise to Alfa Romeo’s Cuorerosso, a concept used to signal where a brand’s styling is heading, and pointed out that a Quattroporte without a sedan body could stand out in a crowded crossover field at some cost to interior space and practicality. The report sits in Autoblog’s account of the possible revival. Auto Express, reporting on Maserati’s absence from the Paris show, has Filosa confirming the timing: Maserati will be presented in December, in Modena. CarExpert has him saying the brand needs product and technology, and that both will be extensively presented there. Those are company-level confirmations of the month, not of Dec. 10. Filosa’s statement came as Maserati skipped the 2026 Paris motor show, where it was not listed as an official exhibitor, so Modena is the venue to watch.
A Quattroporte between shooting brake and crossover
Auto Express’s report from Paris says Ficili describes the future Quattroporte as something between a shooting brake and a crossover, a very low, big car rather than a sedan. CarExpert adds that he said Maserati may show a second concept, and that the Quattroporte nameplate’s last generation ended production in 2023, a year earlier than the 2024 discontinuation date Autoblog gives for both models.
The Italian site Auto.it reported on Oct. 29 that Ficili had hinted at unreleased shapes for the next flagship. Auto.it’s piece on the shooting-brake direction says Maserati will present its plan in December in Modena, with a show car previewing the styling of the new flagship and the new Levante, two luxury-segment E models, and a multi-energy lineup of combustion, hybrid and electric power.
The Levante against the Cayenne, X5 and GLE
Ficili told reporters the first concept would return Maserati to the large-SUV segment under the Levante name, according to CarExpert’s account of the December plan. The original Levante launched in 2016. Auto Express adds that Ficili calls it a Quattroporte SUV, and the rivals he has in mind are the Porsche Cayenne, BMW X5 and Mercedes GLE. Auto Express links the sharp fall in sales of current models to the brand’s early push toward electric powertrains and its removal of V8 models, neither of which customers embraced. The Grecale sits between the two pillars of the range and carries the volume. Ficili groups the GranTurismo family, including the MC20, GT2 Stradale, GranCabrio and GranTurismo, as the first pillar, which leaves the Levante as the second and the missing piece.
The urgency shows in the sales line. Autoblog’s report on 2025 results says Maserati shipped 7,900 vehicles worldwide, down about 30% from 11,300 in 2024, its lowest total since 2012. The brand sold more than 51,000 in 2017. Autoblog’s Karl Furlong argued Maserati needs a more competitive SUV, since the Grecale is pricey beside the Porsche Macan and the MCPura is a halo car, not a volume seller. Ferrari sold 13,640 cars in 2025 and Lamborghini a record 10,747, so Maserati’s 7,900 sits well behind both Italian rivals.
Ownership questions hang over the plan. Filosa told Bloomberg on Oct. 12 that Maserati will not be sold, answering “not at all” when asked, as Autoblog reported. CarExpert adds that Stellantis said in May that 70% of its development budget would go to Fiat, Peugeot, Jeep and Ram, leaving Maserati outside the new brand structure, and that a separate report describes two EVs under development with JAC and Huawei, sold in China under the Maextro name. A Maserati spokesperson said in February that the brand is not for sale and remains the only luxury brand in the Stellantis portfolio.
Two questions remain, and both bear on how much weight the date deserves. One is whether Dec. 10 holds, since only an anonymous source stands behind it. The other is whether the concepts are production previews or, as Auto Express describes the Modena show, a design manifesto rather than a specific model. Neither question has an answer in the reporting available on Nov. 8, and the coverage read for this article includes no Maserati invitation, venue or program for the event.
This article was produced with the assistance of AI and reviewed by Morning Overview editors prior to publication.
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