Here at Carscoop we are no strangers to purportedly leaked images that turn out to be photoshops so unless we have solid evidence to back up its authenticity, we treat these photos with skepticism.
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he above picture of a Maserati SUV appeared in a pocket book catalogue for the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show made by/for Automotive News Europe, and it was quickly picked up by many news sites.
However, aside from the fact that the crossover model depicted here has one too many common design features with the BMW X6, we’re under the impression that the same photo (the one on your right hand) appeared in an Italian magazine – the August issue of Quattroruote if we’re not mistaken (maybe our Italian readers can help us out here).
Even though this story seems more or less busted, Maserati is believed to unwrap an SUV (probably in pre-production form) based on the hardware of the latest Jeep Grand Cherokee at next week’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
Story sources: Autonews catalogue
