ʻO ka loiloi ʻo Maserati Levante 2016
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ʻO ka loiloi ʻo Maserati Levante 2016

ʻO ka SUV mua loa o Maserati e hoʻohiki e lilo i kumu hoʻohālike kaulana loa o ka mea hana waiwai i ka wā e kū ai i nā lumi hōʻikeʻike, kākau ʻo John Carey.

ʻAʻole lawe mai nā palapala o nehinei i nā waiwai o ka lā ʻapōpō. ʻOiai ʻo nā sedans sexy, nā coupe hoʻopunipuni a me nā kaʻa haʻuki nani i hoʻokumu i ke kumu no ka inoa o Maserati, ʻo kona pōmaikaʻi e hiki mai ana ma luna o ka SUV kiʻekiʻe a kaumaha. ʻO ka Levante hou, no ka hōʻea ʻana i Australia ma hope o kēia makahiki, ʻo ia ka SUV kahiko o ke kenekulia mua mai ka mea hana kaʻa Italia.

Manaʻo ka hoʻokele ʻo Maserati i ka Levante e lilo koke i kumu hoʻohālike kaulana loa. I ka makahiki 2017, ka makahiki piha mua o ka hana ʻana, pono maʻalahi ke kūʻai aku o ka SUV ma mua o nā kaʻa ʻē aʻe i kāna lineup.

Ma Australia, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka Levante ma mua o ʻEulopa, e ʻōlelo ana ke poʻo o Maserati Australia Glen Seely. ʻO kekahi mau mea ma nā pūʻolo haʻuki koho a me ka Luxury e maʻamau maʻaneʻi, me ka sunroof, nā hoe hoʻololi, ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke kolamu hoʻokele mana, kahi pahupaʻi kiʻi hope a me nā noho mua uila āpau, wahi āna. Manaʻo i nā huila ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā huila 18-inihi maʻamau o ʻEulopa, a me nā huila ʻili maikaʻi aʻe.

'Ōleloʻo Seeley,ʻo ka pahuhopu ka hoʻomakaʻana i ka Levante ma ke kumukūʻai o "ma kahi o $ 150,000."

He $10,000 ʻoi aku ia ma mua o ka mana diesel o ka Ghibli. He hoʻohālikelike kūpono kēlā, no ka mea, e hōʻike ana ia i ka ʻenekini like a me ʻewalu mau māmā e like me ka sedan haʻahaʻa a māmā.

Hiki i ka Levante ke hoʻopiha i kahi niche hou i ka hierarchy kaʻa nani.

Akā, ʻaʻole e hele mai ka Levante i Australia me ka ʻenekini 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V6 a Ferrari i hoʻohana ʻia ma Ghibli a me Quattroporte. Ke kumu? Hele mai ʻo Levantes me ka 202-lita V3.0 turbodiesel me 6 kW. I kēia manawa…

ʻOiai ka nele o ka diesel, manaʻo ʻo Seeley e hiki iā Levante ke kālai i kahi niche hou i loko o ka hierarchy kaʻa nani - ma lalo o nā hōʻailona exotic e like me Bentley a me Ferrari, akā ma luna o nā brand premium e like me Porsche a me Jaguar.

No laila, i ka hihia o ka Levante, ke ola nei ka lako i ka hype? ʻAe ʻae.

Wahi a nā mea ʻenekinia Maserati, ʻo ka Ghibli ka wahi hoʻomaka no ka SUV, a ua aneane like lākou me ka lōʻihi (5 mau mika) a me ke kahua huila (ʻekolu mau mika). ʻO ka ʻōnaehana kaʻa holo kaʻa holoʻokoʻa maikaʻi o ka Levante ua like ia me ka Maserati i loaʻa ma kekahi mau ʻaoʻao hema hema o ka Ghibli a me Quattroporte. No ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana ma Levante, huli ʻo Maserati iā Jeep. ʻO nā ʻāpana ʻelua he ʻāpana o ka ʻohana FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles).

Akā ua loaʻa i ka Levante kahi hoʻonohonoho hoʻokuʻu hou loa e hāʻawi i ka ʻae ʻāina a me ka huakaʻi huila e pono ai kahi SUV. He aha hou aʻe, ua hoʻohui nā mea ʻenekinia Maserati i nā pūnāwai ea a me nā dampers adaptive.

He ʻehā mau ʻano hoʻokele kaʻa ka Levante, hiki ke koho ʻia e ka mea hoʻokele, e pili ana kēlā me kēia i ka ʻae ʻāina o ka kaʻa. Haʻahaʻa no ka hoʻokele haʻuki a me ka wikiwiki, ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe no ka hana ma waho o ke alanui.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Levante, me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ke ʻano haʻuki a me ka hōʻoluʻolu maikaʻi i ke ʻano maʻamau. No kekahi mea i ʻoi aku ma mua o ʻelua mau tona, ʻo kona hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia i nā ala kuapo o Italia he mea kupanaha loa. Ma hope mai, pahū ʻia ma ke ʻano Off-Road, ua hōʻike ʻia he ʻoi aku ka nui o nā hiʻohiʻona ma mua o ka mea kūʻai aku e pono ai.

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kani ʻana ma mua o nā turbodiesel ʻē aʻe ma ka mākeke.

ʻAʻole maikaʻi ka ʻenekini diesel ma ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana. He wikiwiki ka hana, akā ʻaʻole hoihoi. A ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kani ʻana o ka pahu ma mua o nā turbodiesel ʻē aʻe ma ka mākeke, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ke kani ʻana o ka Levante e mālama i ka leo i lalo i kahi notch, ʻoiai ma ke ʻano haʻuki ʻoi aku ka leo.

ʻO ka SUV mua o Maserati ke kumu hoʻohālike mua i kūkulu ʻia me nā ʻano kōkua o nā mea hoʻokele a me nā ʻenehana palekana. ʻO ka hōʻailona trident ma ka grille he uhi maoli ia no ka radar i mua o Levante, he mea nui ia no kāna mana holo holo moana a me nā ʻōnaehana hoʻokele pilikia kūʻokoʻa. He mea maʻamau ia ʻenehana i nā Kelemania premium no nā makahiki.

ʻAʻole makemake ka poʻe Italia e ʻae i ka manaʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku i kēia mau lā i ka palekana ikaika.

Akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻike i kahi loko e like me Levante ma kekahi kaʻa Kelemania. Loaʻa iā ia ka manaʻo ola a me ka nānā ʻana.

He hoʻololi maikaʻi ia mai ka pōʻeleʻele, ʻoʻoleʻa, a me ka paʻakikī ʻenehana i makemake nui ʻia e ka poʻe Kelemania.

Nui nō hoʻi ʻo Salon Maserati, ma ka liʻiliʻi loa no ʻehā. He maikaʻi nā noho mua a me hope ma ke ʻano o ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka ākea. Aia ma ka hope he wahi ukana ākea o ka papahele kiʻekiʻe e hiki ai ke hoʻopaʻa i 680 liters pono.

ʻAʻohe mea kānalua he hele maoli ʻo Maserati ma ke alanui, ʻoiai ke nānā ʻia mai ke alo. ʻAʻole like ia me nā SUV nani ʻē aʻe. ʻOi aku ka sleeker ma mua o ka Porsche Cayenne. A ʻaʻole ia e like me ka stupidly compromised e like me ka BMW X6.

Akā ma waho, ʻano like ke ʻano o ka Levante me kahi hatchback maʻamau - e like me, e ʻōlelo ʻia, he pipi ʻo Mazda 3.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi iā Maserati e hoʻokuʻu i kahi Levante me kahi mīkini V8.

ʻAʻole ia he mea e haʻalele ai i kēlā mau SUV i makemake nui ʻia e ʻimi nei ka Levante e huki.

Nā kānāwai Diesel ... i kēia manawa

Wahi a nā luna hoʻokele o Maserati, ke nānā pono nei lākou i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka Levante me nā ʻenekini hoʻokele lima ʻākau 3.0-lita māhoe-turbo V6. ʻO ka pilikia ʻo ia ka liʻiliʻi o ke kūʻai aku ʻana no ka mea ua hoʻomalu ʻia nā SUV nani e ka diesel.

Akā hiki iā ʻoe ke hilinaʻi iā Maserati e hoʻokuʻu i kahi Levante V8-powered, ʻo ia ka 390kW Ferrari-kūkulu ʻia 3.8-litre twin-turbo engine i hoʻohana ʻia i ka Quattroporte GTS. Ua hōʻoia nā ʻenekinia ua kūkulu ʻia kahi prototype.

ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka hana ʻana o kēia ʻenekini me ka lima ʻākau ma mua o ka V6.

Loaʻa iā Porsche a me Range Rover ke kumu e hopohopo ai e pili ana i ka Maserati Levante? E haʻi mai iā mākou ma nā manaʻo ma lalo nei.

I ka nana aku

Kumukuai mai: $150,000 (manaʻo)

Palapala hoʻokō: 3 makahiki/km palena ʻole

Palekana: ʻAʻole i helu ʻia

ʻEkini: 3.0-lita V6 turbo diesel; 202kW/600Nm

ʻIkena: 8-wikiwiki 'akomi; kaʻa huila ʻehā

makewai: 7.2l / 100km

Ana: 5003 mm (L), 1968 mm (W), 1679 mm (H), 3004 mm (W)

Kaona: 2205кā 

0-100 km / h: 6.9 maloʻo

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