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Maserati has high hopes for its new MC20 supercar.
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In time, there will be a battery-electric version of the MC20. But for now, its 3.0-liter Nettuno V6 engine packs some interesting tech.
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The Nettuno V6 engine uses a dual combustion system that was the first to be pioneered by the Ferrari F1 team. This is the first time it has been used in a road car.
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From the front, the MC20 evokes Maserati’s latest mid-engined supercar, the MC12.
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The Maserati MC12 was derived from the Ferrari Enzo supercar in 2004, but it is more exclusive. Initially, the brand only built 25 MC12 vehicles, along with a handful of racing versions. The following year, it built another 25 cars for customers.
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The MC20’s taillights hint at Maserati’s newest car, the GranTurismo.
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In profile, the MC20 looks a lot like a mid-engined Ferrari V8.
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Unlike Ferrari cars, this car has butterfly doors. It also uses a carbon fiber chassis, not an aluminum frame.
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MC20 cockpit.
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The car has a full digital display of the main gauges.
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No, you can’t escape connected cars, even at this price.
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I love how the Maserati Trident looks on the rear window.
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Also called wheel design.
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The MC20 will start at $ 210,000 and US deliveries will begin in late 2021.
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Lucid wasn’t the only automaker to create new car covers Wednesday night. Maserati also participated in the event, presenting its new MC20 supercar to a socially distant audience in Modena, Italy. It’s the brand’s first supercar since the MC12, and it’s a mid-2000 car derived from the Ferrari Enzo. But unlike that car, the MC20 will not be limited to just 50 units, instead it will be a regular production model, with a number of different variants that will eventually include a battery-electric option.
The electrical details of the MC20 will have to wait another day, but that doesn’t mean the gasoline car should be overlooked. In fact, it’s 621 hp (463 kW), a 3.0-liter 538 lb-ft (730 Nm) Nettuno V6 biturbo that incorporates some smart new technologies that have so far only been found in Formula 1 cars.
In highly specialized racing cars, Ferrari and Mahl have dubbed their new technology “Ignition Aircraft”. For this production engine, Maserati calls it “Maserati Twin Combustion”, which is a very good description. The Nettuno engine can work like a normal internal combustion gasoline engine, causing the fuel inside the cylinder to ignite. But it also has the ability to convert a small amount of fuel into an elemental chamber and send the rest to be better distributed in the cylinder through small holes along its wall. By burning this small amount of fuel first, most of the gas can be burned more efficiently because it is distributed more evenly, thus improving thermal efficiency. (In its F1 application, it allowed internal combustion engines to achieve 47 percent thermal efficiency, which you can read about in our previous coverage.)
Maserati claims the engine is entirely new and developed in-house, although a deep dive from Bozi Tatarevic on Road and Track shows that it is related to the Ferrari F154 V8 in many ways.
When the car appears in the profile, another Ferrari link is suggested because there seems to be a lot of similarities to the 458/488 / SF90 supercars. Moreover, many mid-engined supercars share similar design features, and a quick look at the MC20’s dimensions reveals the fact that the MC20’s 2,700mm wheelbase has a 50mm longer wheelbase than that of Ferrari. Also, the idea that the MC20 carries only 488 is the fact that, unlike Ferraris, Maserati uses a carbon fiber chassis (like the MC12), giving the car a total weight of just under 3307 pounds (1,500 kg).
If you liked the look of the MC20 it would be personal, but the opinions expressed by the Ars team during the reveals included a “cool deadlock”. The front of the car points directly at the MC12, and the taillights and an integrated rear spoiler are a shout out for the (front-engined) GranTurismo. But there are also many unique design details – I especially like the way the Maserati logo appears on the rear window vents.
When the MC20 goes on sale in the US next year, expect its price to start at around $ 210,000, which will make it competitive with the McLaren 570S (and therefore much cheaper than the Ferrari. More powerful mid-engine V8). The convertible will follow in time, with the variable electric battery next.
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