Maserati's Levante SUV Begins Production Today In Italy

The Levante, which will be presented at the Geneva auto show on Tuesday, is Maserati's first SUV.

The SUV, a rival to the Porsche Cayenne, will be launched in Europe in May and later in other markets around the world.

Maserati revealed some details and its first undisguised images of the Levante earlier this month.

MDarringer - 2/29/2016 10:35:34 AM

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Sergio's world is messed up. This went from prototype, to being unveiled, to being built in the span of a month. Meanwhile, the Giulia introduced nine months ago isn't in production.

W208 - 2/29/2016 1:51:07 PM

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Carpe Diem, MDarringer.

MDarringer - 2/29/2016 7:45:07 PM

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This just means that the Levantate is the Chrysler 300 AWD platform mongrelized for an SUV.

TomM - 2/29/2016 5:23:01 PM

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In most markets - the SUV is overtaking the Sedan as the largest selling vehicle - which would make this logical. If it was a choice of production of the Giulia or the SUV first - they chose what will sell better.

By the time the Giulia comes to market - they will need a new version.

MDarringer - 2/29/2016 7:45:37 PM

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And with that you deftly ignore the elephant in the room.

mre30 - 2/29/2016 8:50:54 PM

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Will the Hellcat Levante finally make its debut?

MDarringer - 2/29/2016 9:29:50 PM

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That I'd buy