Maserati Ghibli saloon: history, engines, Trofeo, faults and prices

The Maserati Ghibli (factory code M157) is the four-door executive saloon Maserati built in and near Turin from 2013 to the end of 2023: the company's first car in the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes E-Class class, and the first Maserati model with a diesel engine. More than 100,000 were built by September 2019, with 3.0-litre V6 petrol and diesel engines, a 2.0-litre mild hybrid from 2020 and a 580PS V8 in the Trofeo. In October 2026 the 40 Ghiblis advertised on PistonHeads were priced from £9,995 to £69,000, with a median of £15,000.

History of the Maserati Ghibli

The third car to carry the Ghibli name was shown to the public at the Shanghai motor show on 20 April 2013. Leaked photographs had appeared online on 9 April, and a SkiddMark report that day described it as a shortened Quattroporte priced well below that car's £81,000; Maserati had announced in 2012 that it would raise production from 6,000–7,000 cars a year to about 50,000 by 2015, and the Ghibli was central to the plan. The car made its UK debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July 2013, where, according to Maserati UK's press release, it was "the first Maserati saloon in the Premium Executive E segment" and would reach British buyers that autumn from £48,830. Auto Express dates its arrival in Britain to September 2013.

The two Ghiblis before it

The name is that of a hot desert wind. The first Ghibli was a two-seat V8 coupé drawn by Giorgetto Giugiaro at Ghia and shown on the Ghia stand at the Turin motor show on 3 November 1966; its 4.7-litre engine gave 330hp, a 4.9-litre SS followed in 1970, and between 1967 and 1972 more than 1,200 coupés and 128 Spyders were built, according to Maserati's 55th-anniversary history of November 2021. One went to Henry Ford II, who put it in the lobby of Ford's product development centre in Detroit.

The second Ghibli (1992–1998) was a two-door coupé on the Biturbo platform. Maserati's heritage page lists a 2.0-litre twin-turbo V6 of 306hp for the Italian market and a 2.8-litre for export, both with a six-speed Getrag gearbox; it became the Ghibli GT in 1995. PistonHeads puts the link between the three cars as "more or less down to the name alone".

Updates from 2016 to 2022

The car was revised almost every year. For the 2017 model year, launched in 2016, the base petrol V6 went from 330 to 350PS, an 8.4-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto replaced the original infotainment, and Luxury and Sport packs arrived, according to Maserati's MY17 Ghibli press kit. Auto Express adds that stop/start reached the petrol engines and AdBlue the diesel at the end of 2015.

The biggest change came for the 2018 model year. The restyled car was shown at the Chengdu motor show in August 2017 and in Europe at Frankfurt that September, with two trims, GranLusso (Ermenegildo Zegna silk upholstery, chrome trim) and GranSport (sportier bumpers, red calipers). Maserati's Frankfurt release lists adaptive LED headlights (full-LED Matrix units developed with Magneti Marelli), the drag coefficient cut from 0.31 to 0.29, the S raised to 430PS, and electric power steering in place of the hydraulic system, which allowed Highway Assist, Lane Keeping Assist and Active Blind Spot Assist.

In July 2020 came the Ghibli Hybrid and a facelift for the whole range: a grille whose bars are shaped like a tuning fork, "boomerang" tail lights modelled on the 3200 GT, and a 10.1-inch screen running the Android Automotive-based Maserati Intelligent Assistant. The V8 Trofeo followed in August 2020. The Levante, Maserati's first SUV, had joined the Ghibli and Quattroporte in 2016. For the 2022 model year, orderable from 1 July 2021, the company replaced GranLusso and GranSport with three trims, GT, Modena and Trofeo, according to its announcement of the new trims; in Europe the GT came with the hybrid engine, and all three carried the new Maserati logo introduced with the MC20 sports car.

When did Maserati stop making the Ghibli?

At the end of 2023. The company said in July 2023 that its twin-turbo V8 would be "officially phased out from the end of 2023", and in July 2024 Automotive News reported that "at the end of last year, Maserati ceased production of the Ghibli midsize sedan and Quattroporte large sedan". The Ghibli had been built alongside the Quattroporte at the Avvocato Giovanni Agnelli plant in Grugliasco, near Turin, until Stellantis shut that line in December 2021; from January 2022 its roughly 1,100 workers and the Ghibli moved to the Mirafiori plant in Turin, Motorionline reported.

Maserati Ghibli design and engineering

The Ghibli is a shortened Quattroporte. The MY17 press kit gives a length of 4,971mm, a wheelbase of 2,998mm (173mm shorter than the Quattroporte's) and a car 50kg lighter than its big sister; PistonHeads describes a steel structure with aluminium front subframes. Suspension is by double wishbones at the front and a five-link set-up at the rear, with Skyhook adaptive dampers as an option (standard on the Trofeo), a mechanical limited-slip differential on every version and a ZF eight-speed automatic gearbox. The design, by the Centro Stile Maserati, has frameless doors, three air vents on each front wing and the "Saetta" trident on the rear pillar, a detail the press kit dates to 1963.

Interior, practicality and boot space

Boot space is 500 litres, and the rear seats split 60/40. The MY21 technical data give a width of 1,945mm without mirrors, a height of 1,461mm, an 80-litre fuel tank (70 litres for the diesel) and homologated weights of 1,850kg for the rear-drive V6 petrols, 1,878kg for the Hybrid, 1,915kg for the diesel, 1,935kg for the S Q4 and 1,960kg for the Trofeo. Rear legroom is the usual complaint: Auto Express found tall adults short of leg and headroom in the back. It rates the build quality as good and the seats as very comfortable, but found switchgear from cheaper Fiat Chrysler models among the leather and around the steering wheel, and an original infotainment system that was poor until the 2016 update. By 2019 buyers could choose from ten body colours and five interior colours, 150,000 combinations by the maker's reckoning.

Q4 all-wheel drive

The S was offered with Q4 four-wheel drive, which sends all the torque to the rear wheels in normal driving and can shift it to a 50:50 split in 150 milliseconds through an electronically controlled multi-plate clutch, according to the MY17 press kit. The UK never had a Q4, PistonHeads notes.

Safety and driver assistance

Euro NCAP gave the Ghibli a five-star rating in results published on 27 November 2013, in the same batch as the Infiniti Q50. For the 2017 model year the factory added an optional driver assistance package with adaptive cruise control with Stop & Go, lane departure warning, forward collision warning and automatic emergency braking; Highway Assist, which steers within the lane on motorways, followed with electric steering for 2018, and Active Driving Assist extended it to other roads in 2020. Autocar's nearly-new guide notes that even a rear parking camera, a blind-spot detector and a wi-fi hotspot were options.

Maserati Ghibli specs, engines and performance

Every Ghibli has a turbocharged engine and an eight-speed ZF automatic transmission. The maker quotes power in metric horsepower (PS), so its 275hp diesel is 271bhp in British brochures and its 580hp V8 is the "572-hp" engine of the UK Ultima release. The figures below are the factory's specifications.

Sources: Maserati UK's 2013 launch figures as reported by SkiddMark (early Ghibli and diesel torque), the MY17 press kit, the 2017 Frankfurt release, the 2020 Hybrid and Trofeo releases, the MY21 technical data and the 2023 Ultima release. Dates are model-year changes and vary by market. In Italy a 250PS diesel (6.7sec, 240km/h) was also sold, the MY17 press kit shows.

V6 petrol: built by Ferrari

The petrol engine, a 60-degree V6, was designed by Maserati Powertrain and built by Ferrari at Maranello for exclusive use in the Trident's cars, according to the MY17 press kit; it has two twin-scroll turbochargers, direct injection at 200 bar and chain-driven twin camshafts on each bank. PistonHeads reports that the aluminium blocks were cast in Indiana before Ferrari machined and assembled them, and that the "V6" on the engine cover is silver on the base car and blue on the S. The S was dropped from the UK range in 2018, PistonHeads and Autocar both note, leaving the 350PS car as the only new petrol V6 on sale here.

Is the Maserati Ghibli diesel any good?

The diesel was Maserati's first, and the UK's best seller: Autocar found diesels outnumbering petrols about two to one in the used classifieds, and PistonHeads says nine in ten European Ghiblis took diesel. The 2,987cc V6 is a version of the VM Motori unit used in the Jeep Grand Cherokee, developed by Maserati under Paolo Martinelli, Ferrari's former Formula One head of engines. The factory claimed 5.9 litres per 100km (47.9mpg) and 158g/km on the NEDC cycle for the 275PS car, with a single variable-geometry turbocharger and an "Active Sound" system of exhaust actuators. For real-world fuel economy, Autocar's test cars returned "in the low 30s", about 10mpg better than the petrols, and PistonHeads found 40mpg possible on a run.

Ghibli Hybrid

Maserati's first electrified car, unveiled online on 16 July 2020, pairs a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder with a 48-volt belt starter-generator and an electric supercharger (eBooster) fed by a battery, according to Maserati's launch release. Blue side vents, calipers and pillar badge identify it. PistonHeads describes the engine as Alfa Romeo-supplied, and quotes the claim of V6 petrol performance with 25 per cent less CO2.

Maserati Ghibli Trofeo, 334 Ultima and special editions

The Ghibli Trofeo, announced on 10 August 2020, put a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 into the Ghibli for the first time. The V8 engine was built by Ferrari at Maranello to the Modena firm's specification and had previously been used in the Quattroporte GTS and Levante Trofeo, according to Maserati's Trofeo launch release; the car stayed rear-wheel drive and has a bonnet with two extra vents, 21-inch Orione wheels, a Corsa mode and launch control. Its 326km/h (203mph) top speed made the Ghibli and Quattroporte Trofeo the fastest saloons the company had made. PistonHeads gives its UK price as £110,000, and notes that its 4.3-second acceleration to 62mph was nearly a second slower than the four-wheel-drive BMW M5's.

Ghibli 334 Ultima

The last V8 Ghibli was announced on 12 July 2023 and made its debut at that week's Goodwood Festival of Speed, alongside the Levante V8 Ultima. Its name is its top speed, 334km/h (207.5mph), up from the Trofeo's 326km/h through a carbon-fibre rear spoiler and special tyres; 0–100km/h fell from 4.3 to 3.9 seconds. Maserati UK's release called it "the fastest sedan in the world" and limited it to 103 cars, the number of the 1959 5000 GT "Scià di Persia", Maserati's first V8 road car; each is painted in a new colour named Scià di Persia, with Rubino red accents, and carries an "una di 103" badge.

Other special editions

There were several limited editions, most for one region:

• Ghibli Ermenegildo Zegna Edition concept, a Ghibli S Q4 in Azzurro Astro paint with 20-inch wheels, given its China premiere at the Shanghai show in 2015.
• Ghibli Nerissimo, 450 cars for the US and Canada, shown in New York in March 2017, with black wheels and trim; a Nerissimo Edition had its European premiere at the 2018 Geneva show.
• Ghibli Ribelle, 200 cars for Europe, the Middle East and Africa from October 2018, in Nero Ribelle mica with a black and red cabin, offered with all three V6 engines.
• MC Edition, February 2022, for V8 cars, in Giallo Corse yellow or matt Blu Vittoria.
• FTributo, for the Ghibli and Levante, in homage to the racing driver Maria Teresa De Filippis.

How many Maserati Ghiblis were made?

More than 100,000. The factory celebrated Ghibli number 100,000, a Ghibli S Q4 GranSport in Blu Emozione for the Italian market, at Grugliasco on 24 September 2019, and its release that day named the car's main markets as the US, China, Italy, Japan and Germany, and said every Ghibli passed quality checks at each stage of assembly and a road test of about 40km before shipment. Two years earlier the company had called it "the best-selling vehicle in the history of Maserati with over 70,000 cars delivered in 70 countries since 2013". No final total for the years after 2019 has been published. Maserati as a whole delivered about 15,000 cars in 2013, PistonHeads reported in 2014; by the company's count it sold about 36,500 in 2014, 136 per cent more, including 9,400 in China, where it said sales were "boosted by the best-selling Quattroporte and Ghibli versions" with the 330hp engine. Auto Express puts the company's peak at 46,000 sales in 2017, short of the 50,000 target.

Is the Maserati Ghibli reliable?

Reliability improved over the car's life. PistonHeads passes on the claim that warranty work on post-2018 cars fell by half compared with 2014–2016 cars, which were themselves bettered by 2016–2018 cars, and calls late-2018-on cars (2019 model year) "the best bet". Auto Express, in its used-car review of December 2020, found no fault patterns, "just isolated incidents", but noted that some dealers are much better than others.

Known faults

These are the faults PistonHeads and Autocar describe in their buying guides:

• Oil pumps on early petrol V6s that could starve the engine of oil, sometimes with metal in the sump, at under 30,000 miles; PistonHeads quotes a US replacement engine at $39,000 fitted, and says engines were updated in 2018, after which the problem is thought to have gone. Autocar advises watching the oil pressure on 2013 cars.
• Oil pressure sensors that light a warning which goes out ten minutes later.
• Variable valve timing solenoids (fault code P0011) causing rough, rattly starts or non-starts on early cars.
• Drive-mode switches that stop working, with a new switch module at over £600.
• Batteries that drain quickly and cause electrical glitches; PistonHeads recommends a trickle charger for a car not used daily.
• Fuel filler caps that do not seal and light the engine warning lamp.
• Dashboard leather that shrinks and lifts after weeks in hot sun.
• Air-conditioning that needs only a refrigerant top-up, and key fob buttons that stick.

Wastegate chatter between 1,000 and 2,000rpm on the 430PS S is normal, according to Autocar.

Recalls

The DVSA lists 13 recalls naming the Ghibli in its recalls database, downloaded on 28 October 2026. The largest:

Two further fuel-line recalls cover cars built in late 2017 (126 and 53 cars), and one covers six V8 cars built in 2021. Another covers 30 cars built on 26–30 September 2016 whose differential pinion nut may not have been tightened, with a risk of loss of control. The rest affect five cars or fewer, or concern plates and engine codes.

Maserati Ghibli running costs

Servicing, fuel and tax are the main running costs of Ghibli ownership. Ghiblis are serviced every 12,500 miles or every year for diesels and two years for petrols, according to Auto Express, whose prices run from £648 for a minor diesel service to £1,040 for a major one (£1,383 for the fifth), with petrol services from £689 to £1,318; neither engine has a cambelt. PistonHeads found independent fixed prices of about £570 for an annual service and just under £900 for a major one (£950 for the diesel), spark plugs every 37,000 miles at about £300, and a three-service, 36-month franchised-dealer plan at £1,994 for petrols and £2,073 for diesels.

Road tax

Ghiblis registered before April 2017 pay according to their CO2 emissions, in bands, and later cars pay the standard rate plus the supplement for cars with a list price over £40,000, which every Ghibli had. These are the GOV.UK rates on 28 October 2026 for a 12-month payment:

The CO2 figure on a car's V5C sets its band: Maserati UK gave 223g/km for the 2013 petrol Ghibli and 242g/km for the S, and the 2016 press kit 207g/km and 223g/km.

How much is a Maserati Ghibli worth?

Early Ghiblis are advertised for less than a third of their new price. On 28 October 2026 PistonHeads carried 40 adverts for Ghiblis registered from 2014 to 2022; their asking prices were:

Half the cars were under £15,000. No Trofeo or 334 Ultima was listed; the dearest car was a 2022 V8 MC Edition with 10,556 miles at £69,000. New, the Ghibli Diesel cost £48,830 in 2013, the petrol Ghibli £52,275 and the S £63,415, Maserati UK's prices as a SkiddMark report gave them in July 2013; the S was just under £70,000 by 2014, PistonHeads says.

What to check when buying

PistonHeads advises a full service history with paperwork for every warranty repair, and warns that a car needing belts, fluids and brakes at once will cost a "face-whitening sum". Autocar's list of options to look for includes the Driver Assistance Pack Plus (with surround-view camera), the Premium Pack (memory seats and powered steering column), a reversing camera and Skyhook dampers. Check for P0011 and oil-pressure warnings on a test drive, test every drive mode, and confirm the recall work.

Maserati Ghibli reviews and rivals

Maserati aimed the Ghibli at the BMW 5 Series, Mercedes E-Class, Audi A6 and Jaguar XF. At launch, the 2013 SkiddMark price report found the petrol Ghibli about £8,000 dearer than a 302bhp BMW 535i M Sport and £4,500 dearer than a 335bhp supercharged Jaguar XF, and the diesel about £8,000 above a BMW 530d SE or Mercedes E 350 BlueTEC AMG Sport.

Reviews were mixed. Dan Prosser, testing the 410PS S for PistonHeads in February 2014, found the ride "fidgety" around town and "crashy" over larger bumps, a "keen and agile chassis" hidden by the steering, the gearbox tuned for comfort, and concluded that the car's strengths, "the styling, the badge, the distinction from its German rivals", were "all superficial". The PistonHeads buying guide of July 2022 called the cabin "very classy" but found the passive dampers too firm on broken British roads. German readers and fleet managers rated it more highly: readers of Germany's auto motor und sport voted it best design in its class in 2018 with more than 20 per cent of 11,990 votes, and in 2015 a panel of 270 fleet managers for the German magazine Firmenauto named the Ghibli Diesel the best company car in Germany, Maserati reported. Auto Express notes that owner reviews on its sister site Carbuyer averaged 4.1 out of five.

Questions

Does the Maserati Ghibli have a Ferrari engine?

The petrol V6 and the Trofeo's V8 were built by Ferrari at Maranello for Maserati; the V6 was designed by Maserati Powertrain. The diesel is a VM Motori design, and the Hybrid's 2.0-litre four comes from Alfa Romeo, PistonHeads says.

Is the Maserati Ghibli four-wheel drive?

Only the S Q4 is. Every other Ghibli, including the V8 Trofeo, drives its rear wheels, and the Q4 was never sold in the UK.

Where was the Maserati Ghibli built?

At the Avvocato Giovanni Agnelli plant in Grugliasco, near Turin, from 2013 to December 2021, then at Stellantis's Mirafiori plant in Turin until production ended in late 2023.

Does the Maserati Ghibli have a timing belt?

No. Auto Express notes that neither the petrol nor the diesel V6 has a cambelt; Maserati's data give the petrol V6 chain-driven camshafts.

How fast is the Maserati Ghibli Trofeo?

Maserati quotes 326km/h (203mph) and 0–100km/h in 4.3 seconds for the 580PS Trofeo. The 334 Ultima of 2023 reaches 334km/h (207.5mph).

What does Ghibli mean?

It is the name of a hot, sand-laden desert wind of North Africa, chosen in 1966 for the first Ghibli coupé. Maserati has named other cars after winds, the Grecale among them.

How big is the Maserati Ghibli's boot?

500 litres, with 60/40 split-folding rear seats, according to Maserati's 2016 press kit.

Sources

• Maserati UK, "Maserati Ghibli makes UK debut at 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed", July 2013: UK debut, first E-segment Maserati, first diesel, Martinelli, £48,830 starting price, launch outputs.
• SkiddMark, "First official photos of the new Maserati Ghibli", 9 April 2013, and "Maserati's all-new Ghibli starts from £48,830", 15 July 2013: leak, Shanghai debut date, 50,000-car plan, UK prices and launch figures, rival prices.
• Maserati, "The Maserati Ghibli: a powerful car named for a powerful wind celebrates 55 years", November 2021: the 1966 Ghibli, production figures, the name.
• Maserati, heritage page "Ghibli" (Biturbo and derivatives), archived 2020: the 1992–1998 Ghibli.
• Maserati, Ghibli MY17 range press kit, 2016: specification, dimensions, engines, Q4, boot, Euro NCAP.
• Maserati, Frankfurt motor show release, 12 September 2017: MY18 restyle, 430PS S, electric steering, drag coefficient, 70,000 delivered.
• Maserati, "New Ghibli Hybrid: the first electrified vehicle in Maserati's history", 16 July 2020: hybrid powertrain and 2020 restyle.
• Maserati, Trofeo collection launch, 10 August 2020: Ghibli Trofeo V8.
• Maserati UK, "Maserati MY21 Ghibli, Quattroporte and Levante", 2020: MY21 changes and technical data, weights.
• Maserati, "Maserati introduces three new trims, GT, Modena and Trofeo", 2021: MY22 trims.
• Maserati UK, "Maserati Ghibli 334 Ultima", 12 July 2023: Ultima specification, 103 cars, end of the V8.
• Maserati, "Ghibli number 100,000 leaves the Avv. Giovanni Agnelli plant at Grugliasco", 24 September 2019: production milestone, main markets, Chengdu 2017.
• Maserati releases on the Ghibli Nerissimo (22 March 2017), the Ghibli Ribelle (25 September 2018) and the MC Edition (2 February 2022): special editions.
• Maserati, auto motor und sport readers' design award, 21 September 2018, and Maserati UK sales release, 7 May 2015: awards.
• Euro NCAP, "Euro NCAP publishes the results of eleven vehicles", 27 November 2013: five-star rating.
• Automotive News, "Maserati sales, operating margin slump in first half", 25 July 2024: end of production.
• Motorionline, "Stellantis: al via il trasloco da Grugliasco a Mirafiori", December 2021: move to Mirafiori.
• PistonHeads, "Maserati Ghibli S: Review", Dan Prosser, 10 February 2014: road test, 2013 deliveries, UK prices.
• PistonHeads, "Maserati Ghibli | PH Used Buying Guide", Tony Middlehurst, 10 July 2022: faults, servicing costs, Trofeo price, engine details.
• Autocar, "Nearly new buying guide: Maserati Ghibli", John Evans, 22 September 2021: diesel share, economy, faults, options.
• Auto Express, "Used Maserati Ghibli review", December 2020: update history, servicing, recalls, owner ratings, sales peak.
• DVSA, vehicle recalls file, downloaded 28 October 2026: UK recalls.
• GOV.UK, "Vehicle tax rates", read 28 October 2026: road tax.
• PistonHeads classified adverts for the Maserati Ghibli, 2013–2024 registrations, read 28 October 2026: asking prices (our count).