---
title: "Maserati Alfieri Reportedly Delayed Until Next Decade"
description: "Someday, our trident-clad Porsche 911-fighter will come."
date: "2016-10-19"
modified: "2016-10-19"
authors:
  - name: "Will Sabel Courtney"
    job_title: "Contributor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/will-sabel-courtney"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5624/maserati-alfieri-reportedly-delayed-until-next-decade"
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  - "News"
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  - "Altieri"
  - "maserati"
  - "sports cars"
---

# Maserati Alfieri Reportedly Delayed Until Next Decade

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It seems our oddly-specific dream of being able to drive to the 2019 premiere of the ninth *Fast & Furious* movie in a new Trident-bedecked sports car simply wasn’t meant to be. The [Maserati Alfieri sports car has been pushed back to 2020](<https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new-cars/maserati-alfieri-delayed-until-least-2020>) at the earliest, according to *Autocar*.

The blame for the delay reportedly lands at the wheels of [the aging GranTurismo and GranTurismo Convertible/GranCabrio](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maserati_GranTurismo>). The two-plus-two GTs have already been on the market for a decade, and Maserati Europe general manager Giulio Pastore told *Autocar* the replacement for the two legacy models will have first crack at the market before the Porsche 911-fighting sports car.

“The Granturismo and Grancabrio will not be dropped,” Pastore told the British car magazine. “Maserati is very well known in its history for beautiful 2+2 GT cars and we will replace them, then the Alfieri.”

[The Alfieri debuted at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maserati_Alfieri>) [to critical acclaim](<https://www.caranddriver.com/news/maserati-alfieri-concept-is-absolutely-stunning-news>); by May of that year, Fiat-Chrysler had confirmed it would be heading to production by 2016, [packing a modified blend of the twin-turbo V6 and V8 powertrains found in the Quattroporte](<https://www.autoblog.com/2014/05/06/maserati-confirms-2015-levante-suv-2016-alfieri/>). But the ever-shifting plans of FCA soon turned against the sports car, [punting it down the timeline to 2018](<https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/3163/maserati-alfieri-delayed-but-better-for-it>).

When the Alfieri arrives in the claimed 2020-2021 time frame, it may not be the spitting image of the sultry concept car seen above. Pastore told *Autocar* the car’s styling was still up in the air; indeed, the design might not be locked in until 2018, given the planned on-sale date range.

Well, at least the Alfieri should be on sale by the time [the **final** *Fast & Furious* film comes out in April 2021](<https://deadline.com/2016/02/fast-furious-8-9-10-release-dates-announced-1201695535/>).

## Author
Will is the former managing editor of *RIDES Magazine* and the former online editor for *0-60 Magazine*. He has worked for *Time Out New York* and *Rolling Stone*, and was the creator of *College Cars Online*, the first automotive blog specifically targeted at college students and young professionals.

### Author social links  
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[Twitter](<https://twitter.com/willscourtney>)