Maserati Parks a 1972 Ghibli SS Next to the 582-HP GranTurismo Trofeo in Bologna
In the Trident's centenary year, Maserati brought two Ghibli SS coupes and the updated GranTurismo Trofeo to Europe's classic car crowd in Bologna.
Maserati used the 43rd Auto e Moto d'Epoca in Bologna to stage a conversation across 54 years: a 1972 Ghibli SS parked beside the freshly updated GranTurismo Trofeo. The automaker released photos and video from its stand on October 27, two days after the four-day fair closed at BolognaFiere.
The setting fits the calendar. This year marks 100 years of the Maserati Trident, the badge that first raced on the Tipo 26 in 1926, and the company was founded in Bologna in 1914. The show is the latest stop on a centenary tour that already included an MC12 Versione Corse display in Turin.
Two Ghiblis and a Trofeo
The older car on the Motor Valley stand is a 1972 Ghibli SS Coupé. Maserati rates its 4.9-liter V8 at 335 hp at 5,500 rpm. The Ghibli nameplate itself turns 60 this year: the coupe, drawn by Giorgetto Giugiaro while he was at Ghia, debuted at the 1966 Turin Motor Show, according to RM Sotheby's.
Next to it sat a GranTurismo Trofeo in Verde Giada green. Its twin-turbo 3.0-liter Nettuno V6 now makes 590 metric horsepower (582 hp) and 479 lb-ft (650 Nm). That's up from 542 hp before the mid-2026 update, which also gave the coupe a nose restyled to match the MCPura, plus a standard electronic limited-slip differential and sports exhaust on the Trofeo.
A second Ghibli SS, this one from 1970, stood on the stand of FIVA, the international federation for historic vehicles. Maserati also hosted two talks on its history, led by Cristiano Bolzoni, head of Maserati Classiche, and Davide Baldini, head of the Fuoriserie personalization program.
A showcase, not a launch
Nothing new was unveiled in Bologna, and Maserati hasn't shared any sales or order figures from the weekend. The fair itself was big: more than 5,000 vehicles on display and for sale across 14 halls and roughly 2.5 million square feet, with visitors from 40 countries, according to Maserati.
For the brand, shows like this are part of a broader heritage push. Maserati names Classiche, the Fuoriserie program, and its Maserati Corse racing effort, which recently clinched a third straight GT2 title, as core parts of its strategy. The centenary year gives all three a stage.
Maserati hasn't detailed the remaining stops on its centenary calendar.
