We get our first appetizer with the Maserati Ghibli before the meal that is the upcoming Shanghai Auto Show.  This is the car that Maserati wants to boost its 50k unit-per-year goal by 2015, and the car that will go head-to-head with more approachable competitors like the BMW 5-series and Mercedes E-class.  We only have 3 images to taste, but we can clearly see that a sporty approach is evident, one more aggressive than its big bro, Quattroporte.  Inside the car benefits from beautiful Italian styling and presumably from fine materials.  It is a fact that the car will run two turbocharged 6-cylinder options, one gas and one diesel (the first diesel in Maserati’s history).  Expect an eight-speed automatic, rear-wheel-drive configuration will be standard, and  the new Q4 all-wheel-drive system will be available.  More details to come later this month!

– Evan W.

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