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Maserati has high hopes for his new supercar MC20.
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Over time, there will be a battery electric version of the MC20. But for now, interesting technology is found inside its 3.0 L Nettuno V6 engine.
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Netto’s V6 Ferrari F1 team has used two pairs of combustion systems for the first time. This is the first time it will be used in a road car.
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Opposite, the MC20 recalls Maserati’s last mid-engine supercar, the MC12.
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The Maserati MC12 was taken from Ferrari’s Enzo supercar in 2004, but was more specialized. Initially, the brand created the MC12 going on 25 races with only a few racing versions. The following year he built another 25 consumer cars.
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The rear lights of the MC20 refer to the recent Maserati, Granturismo.
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In profile, the MC20 looks like the current mid-engine V8 Ferrari.
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Unlike those Ferraris, this car has butterfly doors. It also uses carbon fiber chassis, not aluminum.
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Cockpit of MC20.
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The car has a full digital main instrument display.
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No, you can’t escape a connected car, even at this price.
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I do the same as the Maserati trident shows on the back screen.
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It is also called in wheel design.
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MC20 start will start at 210,000, and US delivery will start at the end of 2021.
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Lucid was not the only car manufacturer to whip up sheets from a new car on Wednesday night. Maserati also unveiled his new MC20 Supercar to a socially marginalized audience in Modena, Italy. It is the brand’s first supercar since the MC12, a mid-2000 car taken from the Ferrari Enzo. But unlike that car, the MC20 will not be limited to just 50 units, but will be a regular construction model, with many different variants that will also include a battery-electric option over time.
The details of the Electric MC20 will have to wait for another day, but that doesn’t mean gasoline-powered cars should be ignored. In fact, it’s powered by a rather interesting 621 hp (463 kW), 538lb-ft (730Nm) Netru’s 3.0L twin-turbo V6, which includes some clever new technology that has only been found in Formula 1 cars so far.
In that very exclusive racing car, Ferrari and Mahle call their new technology “stormy jet ignition”; For this production engine, Maserati calls it “Maserati Twin Combustion”, which is a very nice description. The Nettuno engine can act like a normal internal combustion gasoline engine, releasing fuel inside the cylinder. But it also has the ability to rotate a small amount of fuel into the pre-chamber, the rest being better dispersed into the cylinder through small holes in the side of the wall. By first coping with this small amount of fuel, a large portion of the gas can be burned more efficiently as it is more evenly distributed, thereby increasing thermal efficiency. (In its F1 application, it allowed the internal combustion engine to reach 47 percent thermal efficiency, which you can read about in our previous coverage.)
Maserati claims that the engine is all new and developed indoors, however, Bozi Tatarevic’s deep dive dive to the road and track shows that it is related to Ferrari’s F154 V8 in many respects.
When the car is seen in profile, another Ferrari link suggests itself as there are many similarities with the 458/488 / SF90 supercars. Then again, many mid-engine supercars share similar design features, and a quick look at the dimensions of the MC20 reveals the fact that, at 2,700mm, the MC20 has a wheelbase 50mm longer than the Ferris. The reaction to the idea that the MC20 is only 488 by pulling is the fact that, unlike the Ferrari, this Maserati uses a carbon-fiber chassis (similar to the MC12), giving the car 3,307lbs (below 1,500kg).
Whether or not the way you see the MC20 will be a subjective matter, but the opinions expressed by the Ars staff during the revelation are “drop-dead gorgeous.” Included. The front of the car refers directly to the MC12, and the tail lights and integrated rear spoiler (front-engine) make the sound of granaturismo. But there are also plenty of styling details, – I’m particularly fond of showing Maserati’s trident logo in the rear window openings.
When the MC20 arrives in the U.S. next year. When it goes on sale in, it is expected to start at around 0 210,000, which makes it competitive with McLaren’s 570S (and therefore a better deal than the more powerful mid-engine V8 Ferrari). A convertible follows with a battery-electric variable at a later time.
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