2024 Maserati GranCabrio Folgore 92.5 KWh AWD (829 HP)

Vehicle Overview

After it stunned the world with the debut of the all-electric GranTurismo Folgore (Lightning) in January 2023, the Italian automaker unveiled the open-top version of it, the GranCabrio Folgore in the spring of 2024.

Usually, automakers didn’t need that much time to create an open-top version of a coupe vehicle, but Maserati didn’t want to push too hard when it created its first full-electric open-top vehicle. It was a daring challenge, but the automaker did it. By using the same drivetrain and platform as the second generation of the GranTurismo model, it could have shaved some time, but it didn’t. It tried to approach things thoroughly and tested the GranCabrio to its limits to create not just one of the fastest electric convertibles on the market but also an elegant one that could take its occupants on long travels. To create it, it had to reinforce the bodywork, secure the battery area, improve the cabin, and make it suitable for four persons. After a few generations of open-top, four-seat grand tourers, it didn’t want to deceive its customers, who expected a similar experience with the 2025 GranCabrio Folgore.

While the first generation of the Maserati GranTurismo was penned in Pininfarina’s Design Studio, the second generation of this nameplate was created in the carmaker’s styling center. It kept similar proportions to its predecessor and sported a front fascia that resembled it. Unlike that, though, it didn’t need that much cooling area. As a result, the panel that covered the grille almost entirely sported a honeycomb pattern and was interrupted by eight vertical gaps. On the lower bumper, a pair of side scoops flanked the broad grille, and underneath it was a tiny lip spoiler. Like its fixed-roof sibling, the GranTurismo Folgore, the GranCabrio featured a pair of vents on the hood, which helped to cool the radiators and, subsequently, the batteries.

From its profile, the GranCabrio featured the same three vents on the front fenders as its coupe sibling, representing the number of electric motors that powered the vehicle. Maserati focused on aerodynamics, so it sculptured the door panels on the lower side, above the side sills. The car could be opened and closed at the switch of a button in 14 or 16 seconds, respectively, at speeds of up to 50 kph (31 mph). It retracted behind the cabin in a designated area between the trunk and the rear seats. In the back, the automaker mounted horizontally LED taillights, which stretched onto the trunk’s lid from the quarter panels. As expected, there was no exhaust at the back of the vehicle since it was electric. There, Maserati placed a diffuser on the lower side of the bumper.

The cabin was the one that was greatly enhanced over the coupe version of the car. Besides the regular features, which included a touchscreen for the infotainment system and a TFT display fronting the driver as an instrument cluster, the automaker added new functions to the car. As standard, the GranCabrio Folgere featured a neck warmer, which blew behind the front occupants’ necks to make them feel good even when the roof was down, and the weather was not too hot. In addition, the automaker added a wind-stopper that could be placed above the rear seats and protected the front occupants from turbulences.

Under its skin, the GranCabrio Folgore had the same tri-motor setup as the GranTurismo Folgore. Combined, these provided the all-wheel drive convertible a total output of 560 kW (762 hp) that could rocket the car from naught to 100 kph (0-62 mph) in 2.8 seconds, onto its way to a top speed of 290 kph (180 mph).