Ferrari will stop building engines for Maserati in 2022

Ferrari will stop building engines for Maserati, and it is worth highlighting that every Maserati built since 2002 has been powered by a heart from Cavallino Rampante. The fact that the Maserati use Ferrari engines under their bonnet dates back to when Fiat handed control of the trident brand to Ferrari in the 1990s.

Since then, nearly 30 years ago, Maserati has returned to FCA’s control, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and Ferrari split from OPI in 2015. Even though that separation took place, the Cavallino Rampante brand has continued to build engines for Maserati, among them a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6, a 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 and a naturally aspirated 4.7-litre V8.

The news that Ferrari will stop developing engines for Maserati in 2021 or 2022 came during the brand’s results presentation in the first quarter of 2019. Louis Camilleri, CEO of Ferrari, confirmed to several sources during the event that Maserati would not renew its contract with Ferrari for the supply of engines.

“Eventually, we will no longer supply engines to Maserati, which from our perspective is actually a good thing, both from a margin perspective and because we can transfer much of the work that has focused on engines to business development,” said the CEO of the Italian brand.

Maserati will no longer fit Ferrari engines

Camilleri himself said that revenue from the supplied engines fell this quarter as a result of the drop in Maserati sales. He also noted that, for now, there is no definite date for Ferrari to stop supplying engines to Maserati, but it is likely to be between 2021 and 2022. Once that happens, Ferrari has no plans to supply engines to other car manufacturers.

When the contract with Ferrari ends, it is not known who will supply engines for the new Maserati models. It is important to note that the two V8 engines the trident brand currently has were designed by Ferrari, while its V6 is an in-house design based on the Chrysler Pentastar.

In addition, Maserati is in the middle of a process to renew its current model range. In the short term it plans to launch a new small SUV positioned below the Maserati Levante and the acclaimed Maserati Alfieri. On top of these two newcomers, there are possible facelifts of its Maserati Quattroporte and the Maserati Levante. That said, we will have to wait until 2022.

Some sources have already predicted that the new models of the trident brand could be fitted with the 2.9-litre V6 from Alfa Romeo, since everything points to this engine being based on the twin-turbo V8 of the Maranello brand. The high-performance engine of the brand with the green quadrifoglio is currently fitted to the Alfa Romeo Giulia QV and the Alfa Romeo Stelvio QV.

What is certain is that a few years still remain before this claim comes to fruition, so perhaps it is a good moment to get hold of a Maserati.