Maserati Ghibli

“Maserati is a bit of a hidden gem. The Ghibli serves up every bit as much luxury as perhaps better-known rivals, but with a diesel engine offering fuel consumption figures close to 50mpg it is also a surprisingly sensible purchase, especially in the corporate market.”
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol (mild hybrid) automatic Ghibli Hybrid Gransport
Score: 5 / 10
“On paper, the new Ghibli Hybrid seems like a great way to keep Maserati relevant yet desirable. In reality, it’s something of a disappointment, with uncompetitive hybrid technology failing to provide either the economy or the emissions it needs to keep pace, nor the driver appeal of its best rivals.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“The Maserati Ghibli combines style and quality with sharp handling to rival the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes E-Class”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic
Score: 8 / 10
“It’s not Maserati’s finest hour, but it’s a breath of fresh air in this often straight-laced market.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“The Maserati Ghibli offers an Italian alternative to the popular German premium saloons, albeit at a higher price. It struggles to match those rivals for quality and doesn’t drive as well either, but the engines are strong, the badge is a proper luxury draw and its exotic looks really make it pop.”
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol (mild hybrid) automatic Ghibli Hybrid Gransport
Score: 6 / 10
“Some cars are brilliant. Some are charming. The Ghibli Hybrid doesn’t have enough of either to win people over.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
Score: 7 / 10
“Maserati further polishes an impressively capable machine that combines genuine handling ability with improved refinement”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 7 / 10
“It’s the most rounded Maserati ever created. But the sense it leaves is not of how good it is, but of how much better it could and should have been.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic S GranLusso
Score: 6 / 10
“It would be easy to understand anyone falling for the Maserati Ghibli’s interior, and its quietly handsome style, too. While it doesn’t offer all the electronics hardware of a Mercedes E-Class or a BMW 5 Series, the list of missing items is less serious than previously.”
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Model reviewed: Trofeo
Score: 7 / 10
“Against rivals from BMW, Mercedes and Porsche, the Maserati feels charming but dated – with the powerful V8 engine being the highest point.” (Martyn Collins)
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 8 / 10
“If you want an upmarket diesel saloon, it’s hard to make a case for the Maserati Ghibli as the competition is so well-rounded, and also much cheaper in some cases, with better interior quality. If you want a nutcase saloon to thrash through the mountains at the weekend and sit on the motorway during the week, it’s an intriguing option that does feel special to look at.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
Score: 8 / 10
“The Maserati Ghibli remains pragmatically almost impossible to recommend, but easy to fall for. Buy one and you won’t have the cheapest, comfiest or most tech-laden car in your street, but you will be safe in the knowledge that you’ve got the most stylish and probably the most interesting.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6.8 / 10
“The Maserati Ghibli is hugely alluring in many ways, but it comes with a higher price tag and more compromises than other large executive saloons.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“The Maserati Ghibli is a sleek and sporty alternative to more mainstream executive cars from Audi, BMW and Mercedes, but it’s comparatively expensive to run.”
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Model reviewed: Ghibli Hybrid
“Maserati has little choice but to venture down the hybrid technology route, but whether it will win over the die-hard V6 and V8 fans that have been such loyal followers, remains to be seen.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic Ghibli S
Score: 7 / 10
“Stylish and much improved dynamically, but still a way short of the best in class overall”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
Score: 7 / 10
“Stylish and dripping with badge appeal, but off the pace of class best”
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Model reviewed: Range review
Score: 7.6 / 10
“Stunning saloon is great to drive, but pricey”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
“I loved driving this saloon. For all its faults, the Maserati Ghibli is a heart-rules-over-the-head buy. It’s the only car in this sector that can give its pin-stripe suitors a bit of passion.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre petrol automatic Ghibli S
Score: 6 / 10
“It’s comfortable and it’s practical and it’s quiet and, I have to say, it’s also a lovely place to sit. Apart from the beeping. And on top of all that, it’s a Maserati. Which means you can say to your husband, ‘Shall we take the Maserati tonight?’, which will make you feel extremely warm and fuzzy.” (Jeremy Clarkson)
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Model reviewed: 2.0-litre petrol (mild hybrid) automatic
Score: 4 / 10
“A great-looking car with an evocative name, and a surprisingly adept mild hybrid system, although it doesn’t seem to confer any substantial economy benefits. But the ride quality on UK roads is simply unacceptable and Maserati faces hugely competent rivals with full hybrid drivetrains.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 6 / 10
“The allure of this exotic Italian brand is undoubtedly strong, plus the Maserati Ghibli looks suitably special inside and out. However, its diesel engine and ride comfort are disappointing, while the BMW 5 Series and Jaguar XF are both more enjoyable to drive. As is so often the case with Maserati, it’s a case of whether you let your heart overrule your head.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 5 / 10
“Don’t fancy a German four-door? There’s an updated, eccentric Italian alternative… but you need to really want one.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
“If you’re overly familiar with its established foes (most of them German), and the Maserati Ghibli diesel is sitting on the company car list among them, it may prove difficult to resist its more superficial charms. Head further up the range, though, and it’s hard to escape that Alfa Romeo now makes a better fast four-door than Maserati.”
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Model reviewed: 3.0-litre diesel automatic
Score: 7 / 10
“It boils down to one simple question: should you? In isolation, the Ghibli is convincingly seductive and perfectly credible. As it stands, the diesel emits 158g/km CO2 and sits in the 26 per cent company car tax band, so it’s there or thereabouts. But forget all that, and do me a favour when you get to the end of this paragraph: just say the last word out loud – Maserati.”
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Model reviewed: Range overview
Score: 4 / 10
“The Maserati Ghibli sports swanky looks, but is off the pace in most other areas.”
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