Maserati has unveiled the MC20 supercar, which will lead an ambitious multi-billion pound relaunch plan for the historic Italian logo that includes a return to its functionality and racing roots.
Originally sold with a fixed 621 hp V6 in the middle, the new halo style will also offer electric power in the future. The convertible and motorsport versions are also in the program.
The MC20 is the first supercar Maserati has produced since the 2004 MC12 limited edition mc12. While this style is necessarily a reworked Ferrari Enzo, the MC20 marks Maserati’s return to produce its own sports cars, after the parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) sold its stake in Ferrari in 2016.
Maranello’s sale has made Maserati FCA Maserati Maserati’s flagship premium brand.
The heads of FCA have radically reorganized the product plan announced in the past for Maserati, approving an ambitious revision of the diversity of styles with the aim of tripling sales in 3 years with thirteen new products planned in the next 3 years. from then on, COO Davide Grasso showed at the MC20 unveiling, adding that the logo has a 3-point autonomous capability for long-lasting cars. The next GranTurismo and GranCabrio are planned.
“The MC20 is more than a supercar. It’s Maserati’s cornerstone for the future,” Grasso added.
Priced at $187,230 and coming to the UK in the last quarter of 2021, the MC20 is designed to represent Maserati’s ‘new era’ by restoring its reputation for generating premium supercars, further increasing the prestige of its sedans and SUVs. It will also bring Maserati back to motorsport, the company has yet to define its plans in this area.
Following the redesign of Maserati’s product plan, the MC20 was designed at the company’s Modena base in approximately 24 months. It has direct design links to its predecessor MC12, and Maserati says it is also meant to reflect the brand’s history “with all the elegance, functionality and convenience that are an integral component of its genetic structure. “
However, the main goal of the design was to optimize performance. The MC20 has been designed for maximum aerodynamic efficiency, with over 2000 man-hours in the Dallara wind tunnel and more than 1000 fluid dynamics simulations performed.
This allowed the designers of the mc20 to minimize the use of aerodynamic appendages, as well as a small rear spoiler that generated a force, and resulted in a drag coefficient of 0. 38 CDs.
Maserati says its innovation lab engineers and powertrain specialists have been concerned with the task from the start, focusing on both functionality and design.
In recent years, Maserati has relied heavily on Ferrari’s technology, i. e. for engines and power trains, but as Ferrari is no longer a component of FCA’s portfolio, Maserati has re-generated its own engines and the MC20 arrives with the first power train it has produced at home for more than 20 years.
Named Nettuno (Neptune), in reference to the Roman god whose Maserati trident logo, the 3. 0-litre dual turbocharged petrol V6 engine, developed at the new Maserati Engine Laboratory in Modena, produces 621 horsepower at 7500 rpm and 538 pound-feet of torque from 3000 to 5500 rpm.
Also the new two-spark ignition formula Maserati Twin Burning and the MC20 achieves an official fuel economy of 24. 3 mpg and CO2 emissions of 262 g / km.
Power reaches the rear wheels through an eight-speed automatic dual-clutch gearbox and a limited-slip automatic locking mechanical differential at the rear. An electronic differential is optional.
Five driving modes are proposed: GT, Wet, Sport, Corsa and ESC Off, which stops all functions.
The MC20 makes extensive use of carbon fiber and other lightweight materials, resulting in a declared vacuum weight of less than 1500 kg, giving it a power-to-weight ratio of more than 414 hp consistent with the ton. 0 to 62 mph in more than 2. 9 seconds, with 0 to 124 mph in 8. 8 seconds. The most sensitive speed is expected to exceed 202 mph.
The MC20 has a double triangulation suspension around it and uses a virtual guide shaft at the front and rear, rests on 20-inch tires, while the Brembo 380×34 mm brakes are ventilated with six pistons at the front and four-piston elements of 350×27 mm. in the back.
The first paintings on the driving dynamics of the MC20 were carried out using Maserati’s virtual vehicle dynamics progression simulation software, which was developed through its innovation lab. Maserati stated that he used the formula for 97% of dynamic tests, optimizing the time before the last Adjustment was made with a wide direction and track as a prototype.
The MC20 is 1965 mm wide, 1221 mm at the top and 4669 mm long, with a wheelbase of 2700 mm.
Access to the two-seater interior is through butterfly doors that Maserati has selected because they allow easy and ergonomic access.
The cab adopts a minimalist design to distract the driver. There is a 10-inch virtual tool display and a 10-inch demo for the multimedia system, while the carbon fiber-covered center console only includes the driving mode selector, wireless smartphone support. , infotainment controls and a small number of other features.
All keys are located on the guide wheel, with compromised power and release buttons.
The MC20 has a 100-litre trunk, complemented by a 50-litre secondary garage compartment at the front.
The MC20 will be built at the historic Viale Ciro Menotti plant in Maserati in Modena, on a new production line on the site that was once used to build Granturismo and Grancabrio.
Production of the supercar is scheduled for the end of this year and Maserati is already accepting orders. Cars bound for the UK will head to the right and be equipped with carbon ceramic brakes.
Maserati demonstrated that the MC20 was designed to allow for a convertible variant, which, according to Autocar, will be planned for next year.
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May this be the glorious beginning of a multimillion-dollar investment plan that has also managed to rejuvenate Alpha’s sales. . . Oh!
Well, I still think it’s a lovely thing anyway.
He looks lovely and it’s a bullet in Maserati’s arm, they needed something like that!Although I still can’t think that this car could have been an Alpha instead, being the FCA/Fiat logo more related to sports cars and a wealthy one. While Maserati has also had sports cars in the past, it is a canopy basically related to luxury cars, especially Grand Tourers. it is closer to the territory of supermobiles compared to their supercar rivals such as the 570S and 911 Turbo.
. . . it’s expensive. ” It should be more than 100,000 euros” said the original text and that’s pretty fair, but 187,000 euros ??20k more than a Hurracan 2wd/ just like a 600LT?Oh, really??
You won’t be a logo creator if you hardly sell it, and what little you sell is catastrophically depreciated when you’re kicked off the esplanade, right?
. . . it’s expensive. ” It should be more than 100,000 euros” said the original text and that’s pretty fair, but 187,000 euros ??20k more than a Hurracan 2wd/ just like a 600LT?Oh, really??
You won’t be a logo creator if you hardly sell it, and what little you sell is catastrophically depreciated when you’re kicked off the esplanade, right?
triple sales in 3 years. 13 new products. I like to go back in time in a Lotus ad in 2007.
I must say that’s my concept of what an ultra-sport car looks like, just charming to me. A Maser has a special heritage, sound and feel, especially in an era where BMW Series 5 units, once grandiose, are driven as family appliances and child review is the longest component of a trip. VideoArray online. .
Bravo Maserati! Bellissimo!
I’m sure your fortune will be higher PSA.
They stole a swamp in the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini and McLaren with the first V6 of the segment. It’s a crowded market and probably in decline with the F8, Huracan and more McLaren variants than you can imagine. option, will charge more than 220,000 euros, what credibility does the logo have at this price?
Maserati may have gotten away with it by taking a little more of the negative aspect disappointed to see how big it is for the other members of this elite group.