At the 2016 Paris Motor Show, Maserati?s Giulio Pastore reflects on the most innovative period in the marque?s history, the challenges of bringing a sports car to the luxury SUV market and why we?re moving towards an SUV world. For Giulio Pastore, the general manager of Maserati Europe, 2016 must feel like a blur. ?If […]The post Interview With Maserati?s Giulio Pastore appeared first on Pursuitist.

At the 2016 Paris Motor Show, Maserati?s Giulio Pastore reflects on the most innovative period in the marque?s history, the challenges of bringing a sports car to the luxury SUV market and why we?re moving towards an SUV world.For Giulio Pastore, the general manager of Maserati Europe, 2016 must feel like a blur. ?If you think about our history ? 102 years of history ? in the last three years we have done something that has never been done in our past and which no other brand has done,? he says.In that time Maserati has launched a new flagship Quattroporte, a new V6 engine, a new diesel engine, a four-wheel drive system, the compact Ghibli sports sedan and, last but not least, the Levante, the company?s first SUV. It is this car that is going to bring Maserati to new customers and new countries and build its already storied brand.?It?s doing very well,? says Pastore of the SUV, early sales of which are moving the company towards projected record sales of 40,000 cars. ?This year will be a record, and next year will be a record and 2018 will be a record,? he explains because ...