This year is essential for Italian automaker Maserati. After unveiling the luscious MC20 supercar last year (effectively marking Maserati’s return to professional racing after 37 or so years), the trident brand is now offering Trofeo versions of the Ghibli and Quattroporte, a worthy attempt in swaying potential German sport-luxury sedan buyers to go the Italian way.

All 2021 models of the Maserati Ghibli, Quattroporte, and Levante receive comprehensive styling and tech updates. Here?s what?s new.

2021 Maserati Ghibli

The original Maserati Ghibli (Tipo AM115) was sold from 1967 to 1973 and was designed by none other than Giorgetto Giugiaro, who was then working for Ghia. The current Ghibli is a four-door, five-seat sport-luxury sedan wearing familiar Quattroporte styling cues. The 2021 Ghibli has a new ?Maserati tuning fork? front grille rendered in either chrome or black, depending on the trim level.
The new Ghibli receives boomerang-design taillamp clusters with tri-color lenses, produced using state-of-the-art 3K injection molding technology. The Ghibli GranLusso gets adaptive full LED headlights, chrome inserts in the front bumper, body-color side skirts, black brake calipers, and 19-inch Poseidon alloy wheels. Meanwhile, Ghibli GranSport gets piano black trim on the front bumper, red brake calipers, adaptive LED headlights, and larger 20-inch Urano polished wheels.

The 2021 Maserati Ghibli has a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 producing 345 hors...