Maserati Levante To Borrow Chrysler Pacifica Plug-In Hybrid Powertrain

[Mich]

You likely won’t find this quote in Maserati’s Levante brochure when it launches, but Motor Trend sums up the situation well by stating:

“The Maserati Levante will be available as a plug-in hybrid using components designed for the Chrysler Pacifica minivan.”

Maserati CEO Harald Wester has confirmed that a Levante PHEV is coming, perhaps as early as late 2017, but more likely in early 2018.

Quoting Wester on the Chrysler tie-up aspect of the Levante PHEV:

“A standalone program would be suicidal so we have to look at FCA.”

Wester expects the take rate for the plug-in version to be around 6%, which to us is a low figure.

The conventional V6 -powered Levante goes on sale starting in Europe this May. The U.S. should see the Levante by August. Pricing has not yet been announced.

Motor Trend did state something that we had not yet heard regarding the Pacifica’s plug-in hybrid powertrain:

“The hybrid system is being developed for rollout across the FCA lineup.”

The Levante shares no other components with the Pacific or Pafica plug-in hybrid.

 

[mark1tan]

Chrysler Pacifica is a great car but Maserati Levante looks like another Cadilac ELR waiting to disappoint at the sales.

 

[blacksmith]

Chrysler Pacifica is a great car but Maserati Levante looks like another Cadilac ELR waiting to disappoint at the sales.

That might not be such a bad thing either. The target sales for ELR was less too, it wasn't such a disappointment. This car could do the same.

 

[Mich]

Chrysler Pacifica is a great car but Maserati Levante looks like another Cadilac ELR waiting to disappoint at the sales.

That might not be such a bad thing either. The target sales for ELR was less too, it wasn't such a disappointment. This car could do the same.

If it wasn't a failure then why did they pull it off?

Anyways, I'm not much interested in Maserati Levante.

 

[blacksmith]

Chrysler Pacifica is a great car but Maserati Levante looks like another Cadilac ELR waiting to disappoint at the sales.

That might not be such a bad thing either. The target sales for ELR was less too, it wasn't such a disappointment. This car could do the same.

If it wasn't a failure then why did they pull it off?

Anyways, I'm not much interested in Maserati Levante.

Maybe because they found a better car model to spend their resources on?

 

[Mich]

That might not be such a bad thing either. The target sales for ELR was less too, it wasn't such a disappointment. This car could do the same.

If it wasn't a failure then why did they pull it off?

Anyways, I'm not much interested in Maserati Levante.

Maybe because they found a better car model to spend their resources on?

Your explanation sounds logical. ELR could have done better for sure.

 

[Aidan]

It's a positive thing that the electric vehicle companies or automakers are sharing their technology. over the last while the increase in better vehicles or better projections have greatly benefited from this sharing of information

 

[Arrow01]

It's a positive thing that the electric vehicle companies or automakers are sharing their technology. over the last while the increase in better vehicles or better projections have greatly benefited from this sharing of information

I agree. Technology advances when it's shared.