The Fiat CEO, Sergio Marchionne, recently announced that Maserati will soon launch no less than three new models. "Maserati will increase its volumes by having three cars", said Marchionne after the CBI conference in London last week. According to British publication Car Magazine, Marchionne said that these would be the Kubang SUV, the Quattroporte replacement and a smaller four-door sedan that will compete in the E-segment against the likes of the Jaguar XF, BMW 5 Series and Mercedes Benz E-Class.

Marchionne also confirmed that the donor architecture for the smaller sedan is the Chrysler 300, but the suspension is completely different and the engines are totally Ferrari/Maserati. Fiat has 53.5 percent stake in Chrysler Group.

He added that Maserati would remain, for the biggest part, an Italian carmaker. "Apart from the Kubang, the big saloons will stay in Italy. There is a site in Modena that makes the Quattroporte. There's some debate to what happens to that plant after the Quattroporte. There is sufficient commonality in what we