Maserati Kubang

The Maserati Kubang is a concept car that Maserati of Italy showed in two different forms, one in 2003 and one in 2011, named in the marque's tradition for a wind, in this case of the island of Java. The 2003 version, drawn by Giorgetto Giugiaro in collaboration with Italdesign, was meant to sit between a grand tourer and a sport utility vehicle: a raised crossover whose centre of gravity was about 100 mm lower than the average SUV, powered by a V8 of 390 CV. The 2011 version was styled by the Maserati design centre under Lorenzo Ramaciotti and shown at the Frankfurt motor show. After Fiat took over Chrysler it was based on the platform of the Jeep Grand Cherokee, reworked in Modena, and aimed at the segment of large luxury SUVs, with engines designed in Modena and built by Ferrari at Maranello. The 2003 concept never reached production, and the definitive model, the Levante, was presented in 2016.