KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE…
1. WITH A CARBON TUB AND F1 TECH, MASERATI ARE DEADLY SERIOUS
The MC20 will be available with a twin-turbo V6 or a pure electric powertrain
WELL, THIS IS interesting. Maserati’s new flagship is a high-tech carbonfibre-tubbed supercar, with pricing, performance, and wow factor to compete with — and, perhaps, even humble — the very best supercars in the world. And that includes former Fiat Chrysler stablemates Ferrari.
It’s an ashamed headline-grabbing supercar, but its role as such makes it the spearhead of a make-or-break comeback plan for Il Tridente. The MC20 is the halo above a brand relaunch that includes hundreds of millions of euros of investment in its factories, a new SUV sibling to the Levante, a new high-tech engine family (starting life in the MC20) and a pure electric GranTurismo/ GranCabrio successor. Maserati have been in the doldrums but they do not plan to stay there.
If the MC20 is an unexpected car, that’s partly because it’s come together so rapidly. Midway through 2018, it was Maserati’s sister brand, Alfa Romeo, that had a mid-engined supercar on its drawing boards. But that car was shelved as Alfa’s comeback failed. Just two years later, it’s Maserati,
