2027 Maserati Grecale Spied—and It Barely Looks Different

If the Porsche Macan and BMW X3 are a little too German for your tastes, there's still a stylish Italian alternative, and it's about to be updated for the 2027 model year. The Autoblog spies have laid eyes and cameras on the updated Maserati Grecale in both combustion and Folgore EV forms, and after looking at it inside and out, it seems that the Stellantis-owned marque will be doing as much to its luxury crossover as it will to its GranTurismo and GranCabrio. That is, not much. Still, with the gas Macan ending production this summer, and its replacement only due in 2028, any update could be very valuable to the ailing Italian outfit.

2027 Maserati Grecale Gets Mild Visual Tweaks

The Grecale and Grecale Folgore prototypes are only wearing camouflage on their front bumpers, with the rest of their bodywork unchanged. That applies to the lighting systems front and rear, too, which maintain the shapes seen in current 2026 models, though they may yet gain new graphics. With the all-electric Grecle Folgore, the camouflage has been stretched over the bumper, making it difficult to discern what changes lie beneath, but it appears that the overall design of the main upper grille will be unaltered, and the lower side intake elements will retain their triangular shape. For the gas version, the changes are mildly more obvious.

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The combustion-powered Grecale also carries over the design of the central intake, but the lower side intakes are now stretched and have sharper edges, perhaps in an attempt to make the vehicle look more aggressive. Perhaps this is the range-topping Trofeo version, but it probably won't matter much; for 2026, the U.S.-spec Grecale is only available with V6 power, dropping the four-cylinder turbo models previously available, and we expect the same for the 2027 model. Whatever engines are offered, we don't expect any major increases in power or fuel economy.

2027 Grecale Interior Unchanged, But Maserati Still Has a Chance to Win

Our spies managed to get close enough to the Grecale mules to see inside, and they only shared a single image with us, but that's enough because there are no immediately apparent changes. The center display looks the same, the steering wheel looks the same, and the door cards look the same as before. In fact, the only element that Maserati bothered to conceal was the clock atop the middle of the dash, likely gaining a new face or perhaps redesigned hands. The luxury crossover entered production in 2022, and four years on, sales-starved Maserati isn't ready to make any major changes.

But as noted earlier, the departure of the Macan may help the Grecale, and with a new-generation combustion X3 yet to be revealed, Maserati could have this little corner of the market to itself for a while. It's also worth noting that Maserati is preparing to embrace a new design direction, so perhaps it's not worth overhauling the Grecale too much just yet. We'll bring you more updates as we get them, but we doubt it'll be too long before the updated Grecale arrives.

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