2019 Maserati Ghibli

large luxury car / 4-door sedan

2019 Maserati Ghibli 4-door sedan
2014 Maserati Ghibli shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Evaluation criteria Rating
Moderate overlap front: original test
G
Side: original test
G
Roof strength
G
Head restraints & seats
G

Crash avoidance & mitigation

Evaluation criteria Rating
Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle
Optional system
Not tested

Other available safety features

  • Optional blind spot detection
  • Optional lane departure warning
  • Optional lane departure prevention

Key

GGood
AAcceptable
MMarginal
PPoor
Superior
Advanced
Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Tested vehicle: 2014 Maserati Ghibli S Q4 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2014-24 models

The Maserati Ghibli sedan was introduced in the 2014 model year. (The name had been used decades ago for a Maserati sports car.)

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Chest
G
Leg/foot, left
G
Leg/foot, right
G
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF1307
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 3
Left (cm) 3
Center (cm) 4
Right (cm) 3
Brake pedal (cm) 7
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 0
Right (cm) 0
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) -1
Rearward (cm) -8
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 0

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CEF1307
Head
HIC-15 315
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.7
Extension bending moment (Nm) 21
Maximum Nij 0.19
Chest maximum compression (mm) 29
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 0.2
Femur force - right (kN) 0.0
Knee displacement - left (mm) 1
Knee displacement - right (mm) 1
Maximum tibia index - left 0.32
Maximum tibia index - right 0.49
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 1.4
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 1.5
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 56
Right 84

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Tested vehicle: 2014 Maserati Ghibli S Q4 4-door 4wd with standard front and rear head curtain airbags and standard front seat-mounted torso airbags
Rating applies to 2014-24 models

The Maserati Ghibli sedan was introduced in the 2014 model year. (The name had been used decades ago for a Maserati sports car.)

Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation
G
Structure and safety cage
G
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Driver head protection
G
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
G
Torso
G
Pelvis/leg
G
Rear passenger head protection
G
Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES1310
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -17.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES1310
Head HIC-15 277
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.8
Compression (kN) 0.3
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 40
Lateral force (kN) 1.5
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 35
Average deflection (mm) 26
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.31
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.41
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.5
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.2
Combined force (kN) 1.7
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.4
L-M moment (Nm) 82
A-P moment (Nm) 30

Passenger injury measures

Evaluation criteria Measurement
Test ID CES1310
Head HIC-15 116
Neck
Tension (kN) 0.3
Compression (kN) 0.2
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 22
Lateral force (kN) 1.0
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 15
Average deflection (mm) 14
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 1.96
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.14
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 0.4
Acetabulum force (kN) 1.2
Combined force (kN) 1.6
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.5
L-M moment (Nm) 38
A-P moment (Nm) -50

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Tested vehicle: 2014 Maserati Ghibli S Q4 4-door 4wd
Rating applies to 2014-23 models

Overall evaluation
G
Curb weight 4,629 lbs
Peak force 23,290 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 5.03

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Power leather seat built after 10/31/2013

Overall evaluation
G
Dynamic rating
G
Seat/head restraint geometry
G
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Power leather seat built after 10/31/2013
Geometry
Backset (mm) 31
Distance below top of head (mm) -1
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 12.1
Head contact time (ms) 65
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 89
Max neck tension (N) 333

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.

Front crash prevention: vehicle-to-vehicle

System details

  • optional Full Speed Forward Collision Warning with Crash Mitigation

Package name

  • optional Driver Assistance Package
Evaluation criteria Rating
Overall evaluation Not tested
Applies to 2017-22 models
  • This system meets the requirements for forward collision warning.
  • Autobrake not tested.

About the original front crash prevention test