2016 ● Maserati Levante - modelo de produção | Protótipo: Kubang "II"

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[ShakesBeer]

Apesar de achar este está entre os mais interessantes, na minha opinião, o F-Pace está uns furos acima.

Discordo [emoji14] mas também gosto bastante do F-Pace.

Ainda bem que todos temos gostos diferentes!

[xeLa]

Discordo [emoji14] mas também gosto bastante do F-Pace.

Ainda bem que todos temos gostos diferentes!

Felizmente, é como dizes: pessoas diferentes, gostos diferentes.
E continuas a ser um gajo com bom gosto, não com tão bom gosto como eu, mas com bom gosto.

[Fabulous]

Este SUV ao vivo deve ter uma presença brutal.

[Pneucareca]

O Levante e o F-Pace são de segmentos diferentes.

[xeLa]

Correcto, mas foram apenas referidos como SUVs que ambos são, sem nomear segmentos.

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First drive: Maserati's brand new SUV, the Levante - Top Gear

Wow, that took a while.Quite. Maserati first showed a Kubang crossover concept in 2003. You can’t accuse the company of acting in haste. Back then the idea of a luxury-sports brand making a powerful crossover was pretty outré. Now it’s pretty well obligatory.

Worth the wait?
Well, the time has been used wisely. Originally that car was to have a V8 from the Quattroporte of the era. Later, with the Chrysler Group merger, they decided to use Jeep components. But now the Levante is all-Maserati. And tasty. It’s quick, lushly comfortable and rather individual.

Where does it fit in?
Well it needs to be good because it doesn’t want for competition: Porsche Cayenne and BMW X5, mainly, maybe the BMW X6 but it has less space, and the Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe. In a matter of weeks, it’ll have more. The Jaguar F-Pace is closest of all in size and power and philosophy.

What do you mean, all-Maserati?
The basic floorpan, chassis and powertrain come from a diesel 4x4 Ghibli. But the suspension arms have been modified for greater travel that an off-roader needs, and they ride on variable-height air springs and adaptive dampers. That way it can crouch for high-speed driving, lowering the c of g and cutting drag. It lifts to keep the belly off the floor when you’re in the rough, and compensates for the considerable variations in load an SUV will be asked to swallow. The body has been strengthened, and feels very solid.



In most parts of the world there’s a Ferrari-built 430bhp twin-turbo V6 petrol, complete with famously rousing exhaust. But Britain gets only a 275bhp V6 diesel.

Boo. We want the crazy petrol.
You would for the first 10 minutes. But the diesel is one of the nicest-sounding you’ll hear, and has enough torque that it can mostly hang onto the petrol’s tail – it does 0-62 in 6.9 seconds. I drove with a friend, swapping between petrol and diesel in close convoy. We did half a morning’s brisk driving and at the end of it the petrol Levante was running on fumes and the diesel had hardly dropped below half a tank. The diesel works in fine harmony with the standard eight-speed auto, too.

What about the ‘sports’ part of sports utility vehicle?
It’s not just fast on the straight. Even on a track it’s remarkably composed, and stays well damped and neutral, resisting roll and understeer. The steering’s very progressive, and stability at very high motorway speeds is impressive. It can’t altogether disguise the weight, but you hardly feel the height.

So it’s a boneshaker, unsuited to the way people will likely use it?
Actually, no. In the normal chassis setting the springing is bearably supple – more so than most ‘sporting’ saloons. Wind noise is well muffled, even though the doors are frameless, which lets more light and landscape into the cabin. Big, plush seats add to your well-being.

Ah yes, the Maserati interior. Overdone to the point of vulgarity, or enjoyably stylish?
Stylish, we’d say. And well-built, from plush materials. In an Italian-brand-association overdrive, there’s even a Zegna edition with actual silk for the seat facings and headlining.

But I’m not sure about the outside?
Honestly it looks better on the road than it did on the motor show stand in Geneva. The proportions aren’t as overbearing as some of its rivals. Despite the huge chrome grille, it’s not hostile.

How much and when?
Prices start somewhere just south of £55,000, and it’s well equipped. UK deliveries begin late-autumn.

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2016 Maserati Levante review - Autocar

What is it?:

This is Maserati’s long-promised SUV, a model it first displayed an intent to build long ago with the 2003 Kubang concept, a shapely V8-powered crossover designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro. That car never made it, but in 2011 Maserati unveiled another Kubang, this version based on Jeep mechanicals and promised for early 2014. In the event, it has taken five years rather than three to realise this car, and it’s (wisely) based on Maserati rather than Jeep hardware. It’s also produced in Italy rather than the US, as originally mooted, in a refitted portion of Fiat’s huge Mirafiori plant in Turin.

It arrives in time for a flurry of SUVs from unlikely brands, including the Bentley Bentayga, Jaguar F-Pace and the budget MG GS. It’s aimed at the Porsche Cayenne (the grand-daddy of SUVs from unlikely sources) both as a sales and a dynamic target. So it’s big, but doesn’t look it, and expensive, but not as expensive as you’d expect of a car from a blue-blooded brand. The UK launch price is expected to come under £55,000, pitching the 271bhp diesel V6 between the 258bhp Cayenne V6 diesel and the 380bhp Cayenne V8 diesel. It’s cheaper than all versions of the Range Rover Sport, most of theMercedes GLE and Volvo XC90 ranges, if not the Audi Q7.

Although the details specifications of the UK-market Levante have yet to be determined, its core mechanical make-up is impressive for including self-levelling, height-adjustable air springs and electronic dampers, torque vectoring, a limited-slip rear differential and a hybrid materials bodyshell. Despite carrying an extra opening for its tailgate, the Levante’s body is 20% stiffer than the Ghibli’s in recognition of its need to go off-road.



The forward understructure and front suspension towers are aluminium, as are the bonnet, doors and most of the tailgate, while magnesium is used for the cross-car beam. The diesel weighs in at 2205kg however – more than the steel-bodied 2009kg Volvo XC90 D5 and the aluminium-shelled 2115kg Range Rover Sport TDV6, if not the aluminium 2245kg Audi Q7.
Only the 271bhp VM Motori V6 diesel will be offered in the UK, this an update of the engine offered in the Ghibli and Quattroporte, but other markets will see two twin turbo petrol V6s of 345bhp and 424bhp.

What's it like?:

This is a car that’s unusual for constantly monitoring the location of its centre of gravity, which besides shifting on the move is also altered by the presence of occupants, luggage and roof-racks. Levante programme manager Federico Landini says that it takes no more than a left-right turn of the wheel for the car to determine the load it’s carrying and what that does to its C-of-G, the result enabling it to continuously adjust its air springs and electronic dampers to suit.

This is one reason why Landini confidently claims that the Levante understeers less than any of its rivals, and wields the graphs to prove it. Further bend-slaying aids include its 51:49 front-rear weight distribution, and a driveline apportioning 90% of the V6’s torque to the back axle by default. It can be re-apportioned in just 150 milliseconds, these continuous shiftings visible on an attractive instrument cluster graphic.

On a track, the deployment of this armoury of cornering controls is pretty impressive in the diesel, and aboard the 424bhp petrol V6 not far short of spectacular. Of which more shortly. For all versions, Maserati’s aim was to make the Levante easy to drive fast, unintimidating and viceless. And on FCA’s more demanding, long test circuit at Balocco it’s all of these things and more, at least in the dry. The Levante’s grip, body control, willingness to turn in and willingness to change direction mid-bend soon have you forgetting that you’re riding high aboard an SUV. Instead, the Levante feels like a giant, fine-mannered, rear-drive hot hatch.



You can provoke understeer of course. On one tight, slippery Balocco bend it starts running wide, and if you have the ESP off it will judder wider still, but throttling off has it neatly edging into the bend’s apex, trajectory restored. Through most curves the Maserati is invigoratingly brisk and satisfyingly accurate, your pace rising with the discovery that you can trim its line with the throttle, impressively potent brakes allowing speedier post-bend departures. Maserati claims among the shortest 62mph-to-0mph stopping distances in the class, incidentally. The gearbox is pretty slick with its ratio selections down the eight-speed order accompanied by smile-firing rev-blending blips. This diesel certainly isn’t ragingly quick, but it’s just brisk enough to carry the badge.

The most potent petrol V6 feels, and sounds, more exciting. It fills your ears with cultured orchestrations of urge, propelling the Levante a whole lot harder and without uncovering any significant dynamic cracks. Turn-in is slightly slower, but there’s less understeer and a lot more of the electrifying physical sensations you’d expect from a Maserati. Market logic suggests a small-to-pointless UK demand for this model, but it’s unquestionably the most compelling realisation of the Levante, even if it’s more stiff-legged than the diesel on real-world roads. The diesel is pretty firmly damped, but acceptably pliant.

Off-road? It sounds unlikely in a Maserati, but the Levante has the tools to adventure without embarrassment, aided by an adjustable ride height, hill-descent control, bags of torque - and the means to effectively split it. Longer wheel travel than offered by its saloon siblings, an impressively robust body structure and a couple of off-road modes complete the tool-kit. The Levante’s cabin furnishings will be more readily enjoyed by most owners.



Which as you’d expect is luxurious, if not as lushly sumptuous as several Maseratis past. Striking features include frameless doors (although the front door glasses can come perilously close to your face when boarding), a subtly elegant, leather-upholstered dashboard, an infotainment system more convincing than found in Maserati’s saloons and a high-altitude driving position completely different to that of any previous trident bearer. Mercedes owners will be familiar with the a single stalk controlling indicators, wipers and main beam, the space immediately behind the classy steering wheel dominated by a pair of sizeable alloy paddles.

Practicality has never been a major consideration for a Maserati, but it’s a major reason for SUVs to be. The Levante scores with plenty of room up front, a long if not especially deep boot and easily folded seats. Rear comfort is reasonable despite limited footroom, while oddments storage is average.



Should I buy one?:

If you want a large, aristocratic, adequately practical and brisk SUV with exceptional handling, you should shortlist a Levante. It’s also refreshingly different, surprising value given its lineage and entirely able off-road.

It’s missing a few of the latest electronic and infotainment flourishes (self-parking, a giant-size infotainment screen) and the petrol version is a more complete realisation of a Maserati SUV. This diesel won't win many CO2 face-offs, either, but ultimately the Levante is a handsome SUV that drivers – and passengers - will enjoy.

Maserati Levante

Location Parma, Italy; On sale November; Price below £55,000; Engine V6, 2993cc, turbocharged, diesel; Power 271bhp at 4000rpm; Torque 443lb ft at 2000-2600rpm; Gearbox Eight-speed automatic; Kerb weight 2205kg; Top speed 143mph; 0-62mph 6.9sec; Economy 39.2mpg; CO2/BIK tax band 189g/km, 35%

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As imagens à luz natural nos testes que começam a aparecer são mais abonatórias na apreciação do estilo do Levante.
Mas mesmo assim... as expectativas saíram defraudadas.

Parece ter enorme presença de palco, nem que seja pelas dimensões generosas. Como o X6, ou o GLE.
Com as soluções visuais adoptadas, parece ficar a meio caminho entre os SUV clássicos, típicos 2 volumes, e os pseudo-coupés como o X6.

Felizmente, as reviews parecem revelar uma criatura mais consistente do que os sedans da marca.
Mais de 2200kg é que não contribui nada para as aspirações mais dinâmicas associadas à Maserati.
E isso são muito boas notícias.

[Rosmano]

Pelo tom dessas análises dá para perceber que se aplicaram ao máximo para criar um SUV de excelência.
O que era absolutamente essencial, dado que o Ghibli tem algumas falhas (nomeadamente no espaço traseiro e infotainment).

Entre este e o giulia parece que o grupo FCA acertou em cheio.

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Mais um ensaio, da AutoExpress

This is Maserati’s first SUV, a car that might just be the most important Maserati built in the marque’s 102-year history. TheMaserati Levante continues the tradition of Maserati cars named after winds, Levante being taken from the Viento de Levante that blows through the Strait of Gibraltar in the southern Mediterranean, but in other respects it’s a huge break from Maserati’s past. Enthusiasts may well baulk at the prospect of a Maserati SUV but the Levante is Maserati through and through. The car was designed and engineered in Italy and it’s being built there, at the Fiat Group’s Mirafiori plant in Turin. The car was first hinted at by the Kubang concept at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show and in the time it’s taken to get the Levante production car to market, the luxury SUV sector has boomed. Maserati is eagerly eyeing the potential profits its first SUV could generate and it’s no exaggeration to say that the brand’s future prospects hinge on its success or failure.


From launch two engines are available - a 3.0-litre 430bhp V6 petrol and 3.0-litre 275bhp V6 diesel - but only the diesel is set to be sold in the UK. This risks further disappointing Maserati fans but the vast majority of SUV sales are diesel so the move is understandable. Perhaps once the Levante is established a V8 petrol version might be forthcoming to rival the sector’s big guns but that seems a long way off.

The Maserati Levante measures in at 5m long and just over 2.1m wide. It’s a big car but the elegant curves have a welcome lack of the blunt aggression that often characterises the luxury SUV breed. Maserati’s established styling cues sit surprisingly well on the SUV blueprint and the Levante looks good on the road.

The interior is equally impressive with its high quality feel and sharp design. The optional Luxury Pack features a high-class combination of leather and silk by Zegna that gives the Levante an indulgent ambience that’s unique in the sector. The allure of the Maserati badge combined with the unyielding premium feel of the Levante make the diesel‘s predicted list price of between £53,000 - £55,000 feel like very good value.



Maserati has been bullish in its claims of class-leading ride and handling for the Levante so the car has a lot to live-up to. Initial impressions are encouraging, with a strong sense of structural rigidity and smooth, well-judged steering that’s quick-witted without feeling overly sharp. The suspension manages to connect you to the road while isolating you from the bumps and above all, the Levante hides its size admirably - for a 2,205kg SUV.

On the performance front, a generous 599Nm of torque ensures the Levante is lively off the mark, but its performance is brisk rather than truly rapid. The 0-62mph time of 6.9s is little better than average in the company of today’s power-packed premium SUVs. The 5.2s 0-62mph pace you get from the most powerful petrol version is nearer the mark, though the diesel gets its own back with a CO2 figure of 189g/km vs 253g/km for the Levante S 435.

On the motorway the Diesel lopes along nicely, and the 8-speed torque converter gearbox responds quickly when you want to kick-down. It’s a refined, comfortable long distance car without doubt. Wind noise is subdued despite the frameless windows and the general ambience is that of an elevated Maserati GT car, which is a very good thing.

The Levante is also impressively capable off-road with five suspension settings including two dedicated off-road modes. The highest of these two settings lifts the ride height by 40mm to give useful ground clearance. Back on the tarmac and its good to see the Maserati genes in evidence on twisty roads where there’s plenty of poise and a fine balance that reflects the car’s 50:50 weight distribution. A mechincal limited-slip differential and Torque Vectoring help, as does a 4x4 system that sends 100 per cent of drive to the rear, but can send up to 50 per cent to the front as required.

However much you might dislike the notion of this blue-blooded Italian marque embracing the SUV you simply can’t ignore the business case. One-million cars are sold annually in the premium luxury segment, with some 500,000 of those being SUVs. If Maserati is to achieve its aspiration of building 75,000 cars a year, it needs a slice of that action and the Levante might just have the qualities to deliver it.




Veredicto - 4/5*

The Maserati Levante is an essential car for the brand if it’s to hit its future growth targets and first impressions are very positive. It’s an accomplished and appealing machine with a breadth of capabilities plus character and identity that set it apart from its growing band of rivals. The diesel-only model range in the UK means there’s no halo model and a lack of truly blistering performance but sharp looks, comfort and great handling combine with sensible pricing to give it a good chance.

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[Rosmano]

É triste ser pobre.

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[Fabulous]

Excelentes fotos e reviews

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Levante vs GLE Coupe (em Frances) - http://www.largus.fr/actualite-autom...s-7702385.html

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[Fabulous]

Fabulous

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O preço em Portugal para o Levante S (V6 430cv) será de 129 355€.

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[strecht]

O preço em Portugal para o Levante S (V6 430cv) será de 129 355€.

E a versão diesel?

[ShakesBeer]

No Estoril:

[reckoner00]

E a versão diesel?

A versão Diesel em Portugal custará 110 mil.




Fica aqui também o configurador em Português - http://www.maserati.pt/maserati/pt/p...vante%20Diesel

[ShakesBeer]

Só dá vontade de chorar a olhar para os nossos preços

[Rosmano]

A versão Diesel em Portugal custará 110 mil.




Fica aqui também o configurador em Português - http://www.maserati.pt/maserati/pt/p...vante%20Diesel

É deprimente olhar para os preços em Portugal comparado com o dos outros países nessa lista.

[Alfetta]

Então e o diesel de 340cvs?

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Em relação ao Levante com o motor 3.8 V8 do QP:

(...) “There are plans,” he said of the Levante V8 at the time. “The [sales] numbers there are very small, but we have a wonderful 3.8-litre V8 twin-turbo engine. I have already driven a prototype, so never say never.”

"We already have a prototype V8 Levante already. We are testing it, but let’s say it’s not an approved program. It doesn’t for sure mean we will have a V8 production Levante,” the engineer admitted.

“It didn’t take us a lot of time to make it, but making a production version will take a lot longer than making just one new sump.” (...)

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Teste ao Levante Diesel

[Rosmano]

O V6 a gasolina vai ser oferecido no UK. E esse reviewer tem um ar mesmo de snob. Ao menos o Levante conquistou-o no final da review.