Maserati Grecale Trofeo (inc. 0-100 & braking) review: This INSANE SUV is a mini supercar!

Name: Maserati Grecale Trofeo (inc. 0-100 & braking) review: This INSANE SUV is a mini supercar!
Uploaded: 2025-08-28T04:49:21+00:00
Duration: 29 min 18 s
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You’d never expect anybody to say a circa $200,000 is excellent value for money, but the Maserati Grecale Trofeo is exception to that rule. This crazy little SUV packs the punch of its supercar brother, the GranTurismo, just without the huge price tag. Is it good enough to take on established performance SUVs in the segment? Paul Maric finds out.

Hardness tester, noise and lane keeping results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/121Auf6HGvaBqRToYcuAz94alin7Sw55SpOPECBDlnKE

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Intro: 00:00
Exterior: 01:36
Interior: 03:56
Infotainment: 05:25
Safety tech: 07:41
Practicality: 08:22
On the Road: 12:30
Hot Lap: 20:00
Driver aids: 23:06
Performance: 24:15
Verdict: 27:52

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00:00Second will do us. Sink the boot in.

00:12G'day, I'm Paul. So, when it comes to performance SUVs, a lot of people genuinely don't think of

00:17Maserati, and I can't blame them. If you look back to the Levante, which is the bigger version

00:21of this vehicle in the Maserati range, when that was launched, it was kind of, it's a bit of a

00:26weird proposition. They offered it with some hot engines, but then they also offered it with a

00:29diesel, and yeah, I just wasn't really a huge fan of it. Now, this, on the other hand, the Grakale,

00:34this is just completely different in terms of the philosophy and the execution, I reckon,

00:39and they've gone down the path of using a platform that is sort of unrelated to that

00:44Levantis. So, talking about the Giorgio platform, this is shared with stuff like the Stelvio and the

00:49Giulia. Then they've gone and crammed the engine out of the Gran Turismo under this particular spec.

00:55So, it is like a, it is a lightning bolt, this thing. You can get this in a four-cylinder petrol

01:01as well, but this one here, the top spec Trofeo, is fitted with that twin-turbo petrol V6.

01:06So, pricing for the top spec is just under 190 grand, so it's a big old chunk of money.

01:11That is too expensive. The entire range of the four-cylinder kicks off at around the 120k mark,

01:15so you do have a few options there to pick from. Being a Maserati, they have gone to town on some of

01:20the design highlights that I'll run you through in just a sec. We're going to do a full review on this.

01:24It's a detailed review. If you do want to skip ahead to other parts of this video, you can use

01:28the time codes that are on the screen, or if you're on YouTube, you can scroll down and there's

01:32chapters below. If you haven't done so already, subscribe to our channel as well. Now, let's

01:35talk about design. So, Trofeo being the top spec, you get the Trofeo badges on the side.

01:41It is pretty sinister looking here in black as well. You've got carbon fibre highlights all over

01:45this car, and that's part of a sort of optional package. The inside looks incredible as well. You

01:50really can do a lot of customisation with Maserati stuff. If you look at some of the

01:54other performance SUVs in this segment, there isn't a huge amount you can do in terms of

01:58customisability. This, on the other hand, you'll see when we get to the interior, it is an incredible

02:03looking setup. So, big fan of that. Huge open grille here with the Maserati Trident down there.

02:09Maserati logo at the top there, and there's that carbon fibre I mentioned earlier. Full LED

02:13headlights, and then around to the side with me. Down here, you've got a set of 21-inch alloy wheels.

02:20Kind of a machined matte finish on the outside there, and a graphite on the inside. Really nice

02:25looking setup. There's a big old set of brakes there as well with cross-drilled rotors. So,

02:29hopefully, this will actually perform well around the ride and handling track. When we tested the

02:34Gran Turismo here recently, I was a big fan of that car, but we had a couple of issues with the

02:38brakes overheating, or a message saying they were overheating. There was still plenty of pedal

02:42feels. So, if you do want to watch that review, there is a link in the description below. That's

02:46the Trofeo badge that I mentioned before. You've got indicator built-in to the wing mirror with a

02:50360 camera, black roof rails, privacy glass, electronic door strikes for all the doors around

02:57the car. So, basically, you have a little button under there. Give it a light push, and then it opens

03:01the door. So, it's all fully electronic. There is a manual door release in there as well, in case

03:06your electronics ever fail. So, it is a sort of pretty much a foolproof system. On the rear wheels,

03:11you'll see a second caliper there for the park brake, and then your main braking system as well,

03:15again, with cross-drilled rotors. 295 tread on the rear, and it needs it because that is a very

03:21meaty engine. Maserati Trident over on the side there, and then come around to the back with me.

03:25So, Maserati along here, Grakale there, carbon fiber, more of that down there. Look at these

03:31exhaust pipes as well. They look unreal. So, look, I'm a fan of the design. I actually think it looks

03:36pretty sort of menacing. A lot of people don't know what it is. So, you're going to surprise them at the

03:40traffic lights, because it is very fast. So, yeah, I think it's a pretty sort of impressive

03:45setup. Let me know in the comments section below, have you considered one of these? What has stopped

03:49you from buying one? I'm curious to see what you think, and what do you think of the pricing as

03:52well? Do you think it is too expensive for this spec? Let me know in the comments section below.

03:56So, we are inside the Grakale. Here it is, the key. You've got a lock up the top there with a little

04:03Maserati Trident. Unlock, boot, button there for the lights, and then the Maserati logo on the back.

04:10Really cool key. It's sort of got some weight to it. Metallic, leather clad. It's just a very nice,

04:16sharp-looking key. Very cool. It's a proximity key, so you can leave that in your pocket, and then you

04:21have a start button here on the steering wheel. This interior looks so good. I was saying in our

04:27Gran Turismo review recently that, you know, say what you will about Maseratis of old that kind

04:33of had dreary interiors. This really just steps it up a notch, and it kind of feels like it belongs

04:40in the price tag that this is in. Now, when you're paying this kind of money for a car like this,

04:45this genuinely looks sensational. So, multicoloured, you've got the exposed carbon fibre all over the

04:51place. It is just a really nice place to be seated. Love this clock as well. I'll take you through

04:55how that changes, depending on which mode you want it in a little bit later on. But, yeah,

05:00beautifully presented interior. Now, in terms of your touch points, all of this stuff is really

05:03nice and soft. These touch points here are soft as well on the door, and that's in a console too.

05:09How soft are they? We've got our durometer. We've tested the main surfaces in this cabin,

05:14so if you do want to see how this car compares to others that we've tested before, look at the link

05:17in the description below. Now, build quality. It feels pretty good. This is what the door slam sounds like.

05:22Nice and solid. Now, let's talk about infotainment. You know, I'm a tech guy. This is probably the bit

05:30that excites me the most about this interior. So, two 12.3-inch displays, one here and one ahead of

05:35the driver as well, plus a sub-display here for things like climate control and other vehicle

05:40functions. So, let's start off at the top here. So, colour touchscreen. You've got a shortcut menu

05:44from the top there as well that can be configured, so you can move things around there if you need to.

05:48In addition to that, you have in-built satellite navigation, so you can pair your phone and use

05:54your phone's navigation, or you can use the in-built stuff that sort of comes standard with the car.

05:58In addition to that, on the home screen, you've got the ability to configure these widgets as you go.

06:04You will notice as I'm flicking through some of this that it is a little bit laggy in terms of how

06:09quickly it responds there. I've found when you sort of first hop into the car and it gets fired up and

06:13things are happening. It takes a little while to respond to things, but for the most part, it isn't

06:18too bad. This beneath-its-skin is basically a system that's shared with Jeep, so their infotainment

06:25systems are typically pretty good. Then, over in the performance pages, we'll have a bit of a play

06:30with this when we go for a drive, but you've got some quite interesting stuff here. So, consumption

06:34history, torque management, drag race mode, so we can actually time our 0 to 100 runs if we want.

06:42Off-road. I don't think we'll be going off-road any time today, but if you ever want to, you've got

06:48that there. So, yeah, a whole bunch of really cool stuff for us to have a play with there, which I

06:52think is fun. Now, in terms of smartphone ring, you have both Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Both of

06:57those are wireless, so this is Apple CarPlay. Nice-looking setup, and this is what Android Auto looks

07:02like. So, yeah, full-screen integration there. Very good. Nice. Now, head of the driver. Another

07:1012.3-inch display. There's a bit of configurability there. You can kind of move things around.

07:14You can change what features on either side of the screen there. So, yeah, I think it's a pretty

07:19decent setup and easy to use as well using your steering wheel controls. Now, on the audio front,

07:25you have a Sonus Faber sound system. Sound system is good. I thought I could do with a bit more

07:31treble. That's my non-audio engineering assessment of this. But, yeah, outside of that, it's not too

07:38bad. It could just be a little sharper and crisper. Now, let's talk about safety tech. So,

07:43being a modern car, autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection,

07:48auto-dimming rear vision mirror. You've got blind spot monitoring built into the wing mirror.

07:52You have a lane-keeping assistant with radar cruise control, semi-autonomous steering function.

07:56We will test that a little bit later on. You've got front and rear parking sensors and a 360 camera.

08:01I'll show you what the camera looks like. Yeah, the quality isn't amazing. It sort of looks okay

08:07there, but when you're actually going in reverse, it tends to be quite laggy and doesn't really sort

08:13of move that quickly. And nighttime, I found the quality to be not very good as well. So,

08:17I think there's probably a little bit of improving that can do with that. And this is what the horn

08:21sounds like. Now, let's chat practicality and your connectivity options. So, you've got a wireless

08:26phone charger down the front here. In this little nook, you've got USB-C, USB-A ports, and then in

08:33the center console, you've got a 12-volt outlet. Center console's great, nice and deep, plenty of

08:37storage room there. You've got cup holders here. You've got another storage area there as well.

08:43It's really quite nicely laid out and well thought out. You've got glove box down here, which is

08:49small, actually. It could be a little bit bigger. And then no sunny storage up the top,

08:55unfortunately. Now, in terms of your climate controls, I mentioned before, everything is

08:58operated on this screen down here. So, you've got volume controls. Don't love the fact that there's

09:02no knob, but you do have the sort of semi-intuitive audio system behind the steering wheel here that

09:08you'll find common amongst sort of Stellantis products. Then your climate controls are down here.

09:13So, touch screen, basically clicking up and down like that to change your temperature,

09:17or you can slide as well if you want. It works fine. It's not the most intuitive thing in the

09:23world, but it does the job. Heated and cooled seats, heated steering wheel as well. And then

09:28you've also got your light settings and then seat memory functions in there as well. I mentioned

09:33before that you can actually change what's displayed here on your clock. So, you can have

09:36it appear as a compass. Pedals? That's cool. Okay. So, you know, brake, power. That's cool. I like that.

09:43And a G-meter as well. So, I like that you can flick through those. And then you can change the

09:48style as well. So, you can have a sport clock, a sport compass, and a design clock.

09:55That's pretty cool. Alrighty. And then, what about your seating and steering? So, basically,

10:02seats, very comfortable. I've spent a fair bit of time in this car now, and they're very racy

10:06looking seats, but very comfortable seats. Maserati Trident's up the top. They're fully

10:10electrically adjustable. So, you can go forwards or backwards. Your backrest can go forwards and

10:14backwards. Lift the front of the seat. Back of the seat. You've got lumbar adjustment. You can also

10:19pull the front of the seat out as well with the seat memory function. Steering offers both tilts

10:24and reach adjustment using electric adjustment as well, which I think is pretty good. And then,

10:30our reach test. What is it like? It's actually not too bad. You can kind of reach everything you need

10:34without having to move around too much. Now, second row. What's it like back here? So,

10:40knee room is great. Tow room is excellent. Head room is okay. If you're taller, you're probably

10:44going to struggle a little bit there. But heated seats for the outboard seats. You have a third zone

10:48of climate control. Air vents here. USB-C and A ports. Centre console here as well with a couple of

10:55cup holders. I love that even this is trimmed here. Like a surface, you're probably never going to see,

10:59but they've sort of just made that red to match the rest of the seating. So, the seats as well,

11:05they offer a little bit of bolster there, which is good. But you don't want too much bolster because

11:10it makes hard to fit baby seats in. So, if you're going to use this as a family car, you want sort of

11:14about that much bolster. So, that is roughly sort of where you want to be. Feels just as nice back here

11:18as it does up the front, which I think is, you know, a lot of brands don't bother with the second row

11:24all that much. But this actually feels great back here. Now, window test. Does it go all the way down?

11:29So, it's auto up and down. Look at that. I haven't thought of everything.

11:36Now, cargo space. Let's have a little look. So, you've got a powered tailgate. You have almost

11:42600 litres available just here in the sort of standard trim. Beneath the cargo floor,

11:47there is no spare tyre, but under here you have a tyre repair kit. I love the fact that you can

11:52actually do this as well. So, this is a battery charger. A lot of people that, if you own an expensive

11:57supercar or something, you need to keep it on float and this has the ability to just plug straight

12:01into that, which is cool. What else have we got here? 12 volts off to the side. I'll show you what

12:05it looks like with our bags in there. So, the suitcase in there sort of fits fairly nicely.

12:12Pretty reasonably sized boot for a vehicle this size. Now, you don't, well, I don't have the figures

12:17for the total space, but I'll show you what it looks like anyway with the seats down. So,

12:21I'm going to release just there. Yes, you drop those seats, you've got pretty much a flat floor

12:25and what appears to be a broken lever there.

12:33So, we've just hit the road in the Cracale. So, we're going to start off in comfort mode and then

12:37we'll work our way up to some of the faster modes. Now, first things first, comfort. We found out

12:44when we drove the Gran Turismo that it is a GT. Like, it is a GT by all definitions of that phrase.

12:51That is basically a car that is comfortable to drive and at speed as well. That's what we found.

12:57Like, you could absolutely kick the living daylights out of it and it would go fast. It would feel nice

13:04and sort of comfortable. But if you're driving in and around town, it was super comfortable.

13:08Now, this is the same story over here. So, this uses air suspension in this top spec and air suspension

13:14in a car like this is great. It weighs over two tonnes, but the air suspension allows you to vary

13:18what it feels like when you're driving. So, in and around the city, it's really nice and soft and

13:23comfortable. It does speed humps. All the sort of stuff that you wouldn't expect it to be able to

13:27comfortably do on 21-inch low wheels. But then when the speed picks up, you can vary how firm it is

13:33and how high it is so that you can extract a bit more performance out of it. So, from that point of

13:37view, it really is a GT just like the Gran Turismo, but in SUV form.

13:41So, under the bonnet of this, this is the thing that excites me the most. 3-litre twin-turbo-charged

13:48petrol V6. And it makes almost 400 kilowatts of power, over 600 newton-metres of torque.

13:56It is an absolute ripper engine and it's not quite the output that you have in the Gran Turismo,

14:01but the fact that you have an engine that's almost the same in an SUV body that you're going to find

14:05in what is effectively a supercar, I think is pretty awesome stuff. And it makes the price,

14:11as crazy as this sounds, actually quite low, in my opinion. If you're paying over,

14:16well over $400,000 for this engine in the Gran Turismo, it's under $200,000 plus on roads here.

14:23So, yeah, I think it's good value for money from that respect.

14:28Now, let's talk fuel economy. I've got to be upfront with you. A car like this is going to use

14:33a fair bit of fuel. Twin-turbo V6, it's not exactly going to be the world's most efficient

14:38engine. And, yeah, it is using a fair bit here. We're seeing around that sort of 13 litres per

14:43100km mark. And that's with a good chunk of highway driving as well. So, the penalty for all

14:49of that performance is fuel use, but to be honest, you're getting over 500km out of a tank. It's not

14:54the end of the world, so to speak.

14:56Now, what does all that feel like behind the wheel? So, here in comfort mode, I'm just going

15:03to sink the boot in, give that a little kick. Yeah, nice. So, it's got a really responsive

15:10engine. The gearbox is nice and fast as well. It uses an eight-speed automatic, and it's not

15:15a dual clutch, thank goodness. So, it means that you're getting really nice and smooth gear

15:19shifts, especially at low speeds. And it's quite responsive as well, so it's ready to just get

15:23up and go when it needs to. So, it's a fantastic gearbox. And if you do want to take over shifting

15:28on your own, you have these paddle shifters. They're enormous, but metallic, so they're

15:31cold to the touch. It's just such a beautiful, classy setup. It's exactly what you would expect

15:37a high-end Italian car to look like on the inside.

15:44Now, the cool thing with this platform as well is they've engineered this to be predominantly

15:47a sort of rear-wheel drive vehicle. So, it sends a lot of the torque to the rear, and you

15:53can even see here in our torque distribution that it is configured in such a way where

15:57you're basically rear-driven at the best of times, and the front axle's only in use for

16:02that sort of extra traction. So, I'm keen to see what that feels like when the speed

16:05picks up. Okay, time for the sine waves to do this at 130km an hour, just to give us an

16:10idea of what body control is like when speed picks up for overtakes in the country. Not that

16:16you're going to be driving this in the country, but anyway. So, this is in the softest suspension

16:21setting at the moment. Yeah, look, here's a little floaty over that. I'll be curious to see

16:26what it's like when we dial the speed up in a sport mode, to see how much that affects things.

16:32All right, now, bumpy road time. We do this at 90km an hour. This is shocker of a road,

16:38something you're never going to drive your Grakelle on, but let's see what it feels like anyway,

16:43because there's 90km an hour. Yeah, look, in GT, it's great. I'll slot it over to Comfort.

16:47Comfort. Yeah, in Comfort, it's even nicer. It's got a sort of firm edge to it, but here's

16:52our condensed sine wave. See what this feels like. Yeah, nice. It's falling into all of

16:58those divots, which is what you want to see. Very nice.

17:04Now, speaking of drive modes, you've got a drive mode selector here, but it also has a

17:08suspension button in the middle. So, you can actually move between Sport and Comfort suspension

17:13settings, depending on which drive mode you're in. So, if I roll this around, you've got Comfort,

17:18GT, Off-Road, Corsa, and Sport. Let's slot it into Corsa to go for a lap of the track.

17:26See what this feels like. God, it is quick. And that exhaust note is so cool. I love that. All right,

17:35here's turn one. We'll see what this feels like.

17:46Feel the weight.

17:49Oh, yes. That is so good. So, that rear wheel bias that I was talking about, it teams with a

17:58limited slip differential. And when you tip it into a corner and lean on the throttle, it

18:02is predominantly sending that torque to the rear. So, you're getting that engaging feel behind the

18:08wheel. Brakes feel nice and strong as well. So, in Corsa, it is in its firmest suspension setting.

18:17It's tried to lower the height as well. See what it's like around the back here.

18:22This is unreal. It is moving. And the sound is epic as it shifts through those gears.

18:34And here's our back straight. See what this feels like. Roll onto this.

18:40Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, nice. That is unreal. Wow.

18:47Look, you think to other SUVs in this segment, and it really is sort of BMWs that I'm sort of

18:55talking about here, the sportier SUVs. Let's just dial up a few Ks over the sine wave here

19:00in Corsa mode just to see how that feels. Doing 140 should be, yeah, that feels much better.

19:05Yeah, BMWs are kind of the benchmark in terms of sporty SUVs. This isn't quite as nimble and

19:12agile as a BMW, but it has the playful characteristics. It goes from, you know, quite a

19:17comfortable city car that has poke when you need it to this sort of rear wheel drive-ish

19:23animal. That actually reminds me of the barking dog man off A Current Affair. If you're not

19:29from Australia, this is what it looked like. And as soon as they saw me, they came bounding

19:35over. So it kind of goes from perfectly normal and kind of just average looking to this maniac

19:43of a thing. So this is that car. It is a split personality. It's seriously good. A huge fan

19:51of how this drives. That is so much fun. Now, just so you can experience the engine and exhaust

19:55snow, we'll actually do a lap without me talking just so you can have a little listen to that.

19:59So here it is.

20:29is

20:59I don't know.

21:29Okay, so I've just slotted this back into GT mode.

21:52One thing I will mention is when the car starts, it appears to always start in GT mode.

21:56When I was on the highway doing 100km an hour last night, I found it to be really drony as you sort of lean on the throttle from the exhaust.

22:04So there is no exhaust button. They're all linked to those drive modes.

22:08So I did find I had to switch it over to comfort to stop that droniness because it was really starting to frustrate me.

22:14So probably just something to keep in mind.

22:16What about road noise? Look, there is a bit of road noise that comes into the cabin.

22:21That is a side effect of quite sporty, low-profile tyres, but it really isn't that bad.

22:27It could be much worse. I have driven cars that are much worse than this in terms of road noise.

22:30We did put it up against our calibrated sound metre, and this is how it went.

22:35If you do want to compare this car to other cars that we've tested before, we'll look at the link in the description below.

22:41Let's talk visibility. So I can see clearly down the front of the car there, the wing mirrors are nice and big as well with a blind spot monitor built into them.

22:48I do find this B-pillar to be quite large and obtrusive.

22:51So when I'm sort of trying to do a head check, you know, you've got big mirrors and a blind spot camera, but I always like to have a little look as well for most cycles and stuff like that.

23:02And it is large. It's not the end of the world, but you do notice it when you do a head check.

23:06Now let's test the semi-autonomous driving systems.

23:10We do this here on our bowl at 70 k's an hour.

23:13Let's see how that is all going to work.

23:16All right, so the steering wheel has gone green there.

23:26We're going to use our three outer lanes here to see how that performs.

23:30So right now it's really hugging the very left side of that lane, which is not very good.

23:37Yeah, it really just wants to default back to that spot.

23:40All right, let's see what it's like when we move up to the next lane over.

23:46Okay, same thing again. It's like, well, it's crossed over that line, which is not good.

23:53Yeah, that's not good at all.

23:54It seems like it's just engineered to just hug the left as much as it can instead of actually sitting central within lane.

24:01Try our outermost lane.

24:03Let's see if it works here.

24:06No, no luck.

24:07So, yeah, okay.

24:09Not a great system in my opinion.

24:11I think the sort of lane guidance could work much better than that.

24:14Okay, it is time to do some performance testing.

24:19I've been excited for this.

24:21Now, I think this has launch control.

24:23I was sort of Googling stuff before, so we'll see how it works.

24:26You've got to pop it into Corsa to start with.

24:28So, I'll let it do that.

24:31It's lowering the suspension.

24:32Then, from what I can tell, and I'll also put this into the performance pages, and I'll go to the drag mode, because that also logs time, but we'll also log it using our GPS timing equipment.

24:45So, I read that you hold this for two seconds until it comes up with a message, and then it's good to go.

24:49So, let's see.

24:52Oh, there we go.

24:52Launch control.

24:53Cool.

24:53So, start.

24:57Ah, press full brake.

24:58Apply full throttle.

24:59That's cool.

25:05Nice.

25:06All right.

25:06We're going to go through to 120 or thereabouts.

25:10Far out.

25:11That left in an awful hurry.

25:15That was good.

25:16Okay.

25:16So, 0 to 100.

25:18How long did that take?

25:203.98 seconds.

25:22So, okay.

25:23Not too bad.

25:24And then, 80 to 120, 2.41, which is ballistically quick.

25:28That is damn impressive.

25:30We'll go back.

25:31Give that one more crack.

25:31I'll stay in it a bit longer and just see if that message changes while it builds boost, but far out.

25:38That was quite explosive off the lines.

25:40We'll give that one more shot.

25:41So, press full brake.

25:42Apply full throttle to launch, release, brake.

25:52It is a really brutal launch.

25:56Like, it unset hooks up.

26:02Let's see if that was any better.

26:03So, 0 to 100, 4 seconds.

26:05See, I think the problem is, right off the line there, it's creeping ever so slightly, and our timer, I think, is starting just as it creeps, because that felt quicker than the first run, but it recorded as slower.

26:19So, yeah, but around 4 seconds is your 0 to 100, if you sort of toy with that a little bit.

26:25Let's go back and do a stop from 100 to see what the brake and tyre package is like.

26:28All righty, here we go.

26:33100 to 0, nice.

26:432.72 seconds, 35.81 metres.

26:47That is very, very impressive.

26:50Anything between 35 and 40 is good.

26:51For an SUV at 35, very nice.

26:55Okay, let's see how fast it goes in reverse.

26:58Here we go.

26:59Now, I can already see the comments, everyone asking, if ESC is off and it has a limited slip differential, can you kick the rear end out?

27:16Good question, and we're going to just double-check that, so let's find out.

27:20Come into our little turn here.

27:21Second will do us.

27:23Sink the boot in.

27:25Oh, nice.

27:31Oh, nice.

27:33It's, yeah, a little bit messy just because I don't know what I'm doing, but...

27:40Oh, yeah, very nice.

27:45I like this thing a lot.

27:47So, Maserati Gricale, what do we reckon?

27:56People jump up and down sometimes when I say a car is good value for money.

28:01Look, it might not be good value for you if you don't, you know, have the funds to afford a $200,000 car, but for people that do, I actually think this car is good value for money from a performance perspective.

28:10There is nothing else on the market that gives you the thrills that this thing does.

28:15That engine is from, like, a half a million dollar Maserati, and they've crammed it into this SUV for around that $200,000 mark.

28:22If you tick the right sort of options and stuff, that interior looks absolutely stunning.

28:26It looks like it belongs in a car that's worth way more than that.

28:28It's practical, got plenty of room, and if you do want it as a family car, it'll do that.

28:32It is let down by fuel economy, but, you know, that is to be expected with the turbocharged V6.

28:37But, yeah, aside from that, I think this thing is unreal, and it is a surprise package.

28:41I was not expecting to like it as much as I do, and it's pretty hard to fault.

28:45So, let me know what you reckon in the comments section below.

28:47Are you surprised as I am that Maserati is actually a pretty decent brand for stuff like this?

28:51A lot of people don't include cars like this on their consideration list.

28:54They just go straight to Benz or BMW and stuff, but given how much they've crept up in price, this is actually sort of sitting right in that sweet spot now.

29:01So, let me know what you reckon in the comments section.

29:03Have you bought one of these?

29:04What's it like?

29:04Is it reliable?

29:05Is your sort of second row release thing working?

29:09Because ours isn't.

29:10Let me know down there.

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