Chery and Maserati Rumors and Developments

TapTechNews September 29th news, according to the Daily Economic News reported this evening, recently there was news that the Stellantis Group is considering selling its super-luxury car brand Maserati to a Chinese carmaker, and the brand is expected to be taken over by Chery. In response, Chery's reply is No relevant news.

Regarding the rumors between Chery and Maserati, it can be traced back to April 14th this year. When the chairman of Chery was driving the Xingjiyuan ET to conduct a long-distance high-speed advanced intelligent driving challenge live broadcast, he revealed that two European luxury brands will use Chery's platform to produce high-end cars. A certain European luxury brand will use the technology platform of Xingtu Xingjiyuan to make cars, and one has been close to finalizing the contract, and another overseas brand is also in talks.

According to an unnamed insider, the European luxury brand probably Maserati that is negotiating cooperation with Chery. As TapTechNews reported earlier, Yin Tongyue once said in April that the Xingjiyuan brand of Xingtu wants to go to the high end and wants to be built into Chery's BBA, just like Toyota's Lexus. He also said that Chery is the number one in China's auto exports - without adding modifiers, it is in all dimensions. For every three passenger cars exported from China, one is Chery.

In the level of electrification transformation, Maserati has launched the pure electric SUV Grecale model. In addition, the GranCabrio pure electric convertible sports car has completed its debut. According to the plan, by 2025, all Maserati models will have pure electric models.