James Wood
James Wood GRM+ Memberand Associate Publisher
9/18/25 3:29 p.m.
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By the time my flight left Greenville, South Carolina, at 3 a.m., I was already resigned to a long day. Six hours later, I landed in Los Angeles bleary-eyed but buzzing with anticipation.

No hotel stop, no nap, no detour. Waiting for me at LAX was a 2025 Maserati Grecale Folgore, finished in Grigio Lava Opaco, a matte gray with …

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Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
9/19/25 9:47 a.m.

Keeping up with the cool kids on Angel's Crest? Not bad for a luxury EV.

I dig the paint and interior combo, too.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
9/19/25 10:06 a.m.

Grecale Folgore?  Anyone know the etymology of those words?

Colin Wood
Colin Wood Associate Editor
9/19/25 10:16 a.m.

Based on what I'm seeing from Maserati and some quick internet research, "Grecale" is derived from the strong, north-easterly Mediterranean "Gregale" winds, and "Folgore" translates to "lightning" in Italian.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
9/19/25 11:54 a.m.
stuart in mn said:

Grecale Folgore?  Anyone know the etymology of those words?

Just fed them into Google Translate:

Grecale = Northeast wind

Folgore = lightning

stuart in mn
stuart in mn MegaDork
9/19/25 4:39 p.m.

In reply to Colin Wood :

That's good to know.  I was afraid they just used a random letter generator to come up with those names.

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