A small discount says “special offer”. A price cut approaching fifty grand says somebody has marched into the meeting room, put the old price list through a shredder and asked why an electric Maserati cost the same as a house deposit.
That is the deliciously awkward backdrop to the updated GranTurismo Folgore. Maserati’s UK configurator now lists the 2027 electric coupé from £129,605. An earlier official finance example used an on-the-road cash price of £176,760. Those figures are from different model years and offers, but the £47,155 gap is too vast to hide beneath routine annual adjustments. This is a reset.
The new price finally makes the range make sense
The standard V6 GranTurismo starts at £127,920, according to Maserati’s current UK range page, while the petrol Trofeo begins at £151,680. That leaves the Folgore only £1,685 above the entry petrol car and more than £22,000 below the Trofeo. Suddenly choosing electricity does not require a separate conversation with the family accountant and a ceremonial burning of common sense.
This matters because the Folgore’s original problem was never a shortage of theatre. It has three motors, all-wheel drive and a claimed 0-62mph time of 2.7 seconds. The shape is still a proper low, elegant four-seat grand tourer rather than another enormous battery-powered SUV. The difficult bit was asking buyers to pay supercar money for a car sharing its silhouette and cabin architecture with far cheaper petrol siblings.
Exclusivity is part of Maserati’s appeal, naturally. But there is a point where exclusivity starts looking suspiciously like a pricing error wearing Italian loafers. The revised figure restores a more believable relationship between the badge, the engineering and the rest of the range.
The extra range is cleverer than extra power
Maserati has resisted the lazy facelift habit of finding another hundred horsepower and declaring victory. The useful change is a Wheel End Disconnect system that can uncouple the front axle when all-wheel drive is unnecessary. It operates in GT and Max Range modes at speeds up to 99mph, while monitoring grip, gradient, brake temperature and stability-control activity before reconnecting the axle when needed.
The result is a claimed maximum range of up to 337 miles, still subject to final homologation. Maserati says that is 54 miles more than the 2026 model. For a grand tourer, that improvement matters far more than making an already absurdly quick car fractionally more absurd. Nobody reaches a charging stop and wishes the previous overtake had contained another 80 horsepower.
The battery remains 92.5kWh gross and 83kWh usable. On a suitable 800-volt charger, Maserati says the Folgore can accept up to 270kW and recover about 62 miles in five minutes. Those are serious travelling numbers, although the usual infrastructure lottery still decides whether a British motorway stop delivers them or presents a lonely 50kW unit beside a broken coffee machine.
A facelift measured in millimetres, not melodrama
The styling update shows similar restraint. Maserati describes a new front bumper with revised intakes, an aerodynamic rear diffuser, dedicated wheels, illuminated side vents and dark-copper badging. The official pictures reveal the same handsome proportions with the details tidied rather than attacked. Good. A GranTurismo should look expensive without appearing to have eaten an illuminated gaming keyboard.
Inside, the Folgore keeps its four-seat grand-touring brief. That remains its strongest distinction from the usual electric performance machines. Speed is common now. A sleek coupé capable of taking three passengers and meaningful luggage across countries is far more interesting — provided the range, charging and price support the promise.
The brave decision was admitting the old number was wrong
Luxury brands usually defend a high price until the bitter end, then quietly bury it beneath finance contributions and “customer support”. Maserati has made the correction impossible to miss. That may sting existing owners, whose cars have just watched the official replacement become dramatically cheaper, and the brand should handle those customers with care.
For new buyers, however, the logic is transformed. The updated Folgore costs roughly the same as the base petrol GranTurismo, offers substantially more claimed range than before and gains efficiency technology suited to its actual job. It has stopped demanding a financial sacrifice simply because the drivetrain is electric.
The price cut does not make £129,605 cheap. It makes the car coherent. Maserati has removed the number that overwhelmed every other conversation about the Folgore, leaving us free to discuss its design, speed and ability to cross a country with friends. Sometimes the smartest engineering decision is made with a calculator.
Sources
- Maserati GranTurismo Folgore gets £50,000 price cut and a facelift
- Maserati UK: 2027 GranTurismo Folgore
- Maserati UK: GranTurismo range
- Maserati UK configurator
- Maserati UK GranTurismo Folgore finance offer
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