Maserati has delayed the Grecale SUV to 2022

The global reveal of the Maserati Grecale has been delayed because of supply chain problems.

These problems - currently afflicting the entire car industry - have denied you, the viewer, the opportunity to ogle Maserati’s incoming brand new SUV; to date, the only images are these 'spy' shots.

“Due to the shortage of semiconductors, the quantity of production would not allow us to respond properly to the expected global demand,” Maserati has said.

Indeed, the mid-size SUV forms a big part of Maserati’s even bigger shiny new plan revealed last year when we first got wind of the gorgeous MC20 supercar. Speaking of wind, the Grecale is, like any self-respecting Maserati, named after one; “a strong north-east wind of the Mediterranean”.

The Grecale will be built at FCA’s Cassino plant – where the Alfa Romeo Stelvio is built, FYI – with a planned investment of some €800 million. A fully-electric Grecale will also arrive in due course (as will an MC20 EV and Quattroporte EV, too).

Earlier this year, Maserati said the Grecale prototypes were undergoing “intensive road, circuit and off-road tests”, while we’re also promised “ground-breaking contents, particularly in the connectivity and human-machine interface areas”.

“Maserati is still hard at work in spite of the component supply problems hitting the entire transportation industry,” the company said. We’ll update you as soon as we know more. In the meantime, have a read our MC20 review, here. Spoiler alert: it’s good.