Filed under: Performance, Etc., Technology, Maserati, Diesel
If you watched 2011's
The Dilemma and thought there's no way automakers would actually pipe artificial engine notes into their cars, think again. Several companies have been developing exhaust-note simulation systems, particularly for electric cars - be it for the sake of enjoyment or safety. But EVs aren't the only cars that will benefit from engine notes reproduced through speaker systems: so will some high-end performance machinery.
When
BMW switched its
M5 performance sedan from a V10 to a twin-turbo V8, it lost some of the exhaust note for which the model had become known, so it devised a system to pipe engine sounds into the cabin for the benefit of those inside. Now
Maserati may be following a similar path.
A new report from
What Car? indicates that Maserati is working on ways to simulate exhaust notes on its forthcoming models. Now if you're thinking that Maserati's engines - particularly the V8 developed and built for it by sister-company Ferrari - don't need any help in that department, well, you're right. But soon the Trident marque will be offering diesel engines as well.
The oil-burners are being developed for two new models of the current
Quattroporte (pictured above) - one bigger than the current model and one smaller - and probably for the production version of the upcoming
Kubang SUV (which will arrive wearing a different name). While the high-revving eight-cylinder gasoline versions may not require any aural stimulation, the diesel versions just might, and Maserati's boffins may just have the answer.
Maserati developing exhaust-note simulation system for upcoming diesels originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 29 May 2012 19:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Filed under: Coupe, Sedan, Performance, Plants/Manufacturing, Maserati, Alfa Romeo, Luxury
Production of the upcoming
Maserati Kubang may be set for the Jefferson North plant where
Chrysler builds the
Jeep Grand Cherokee on which the high-riding
Maserati will be based, but that doesn't mean that the Trident marque is giving up on production in its home country of Italy anytime soon.
According to statements made by union officials, Maserati is gearing up to produce a new four-door sedan at a facility on the outskirts of Turin - although whether that is the larger replacement for the
Quattroporte or its upcoming baby brother remains unclear - but that's not all. Maserati, according to reports, has also been tasked with building the
4C sportscar for sister-brand
Alfa Romeo, much like it had with the higher-end
8C Competizione that came before.
Between the two new sedans, the SUV, the ongoing production of the
GranTurismo line and the Alfa 4C, Maserati sure seems to have its hands full - with a little game of musical factories - for a brand currently represented by two model lines.
Maserati gearing up to produce Alfa 4C, new sedan in Italy originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Although still calling it a "concept," we got a
skosh more information about Maserati's Kubang sport SUV—including a promise, however vague, that the engines might be something special. (Sorry, though, Chrysler fans: That thing ain't got a Hemi.)
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Turns out
Europe's Photoshopping prognosticators didn't need to create a mockup of the upcoming Maserati SUV concept — the brand's first ever — from scratch. They could have simply dusted off an old Giugiaro design. Because that's what Maserati did — even giving it the same name of that 2003 SUV concept — the Kubang.
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