What is Maserati up to?

[Mal]

So Maserati are producing a successor to the MC12 called the MC20 to be launched shortly - the interesting thing is the statement on the article attached:

Maserati has confirmed that the new MC20 will also go racing.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/ret...-mc12-supercar

No clue as to where and what category - any thoughts?
Would love it to be Hypercar!

[joeb]

I would guess gt2 or 3 so they can sell some.

[canaglia]

likely will be the next car used in maserati trofeo....
if MC20 will be 4m long like 4C honestly don't expect a gt3 version.

[merak1974]

Originally Posted by canaglia

likely will be the next car used in maserati trofeo....
if MC20 will be 4m long like 4C honestly don't expect a gt3 version.

No reason to expect that the Maserati MC20 will be an AR 4C clone. More likely to be a sportscar suited for the GT3 class.

[merak1974]

Originally Posted by merak1974

No reason to expect that the Maserati MC20 will be an AR 4C clone. More likely to be a sportscar suited for the GT3 class.

If Car magazine is roughly right (https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-sh...supersportiva/), the new model will not be anything close to a hypercar, or a direct successor to the MC12, which was a much more exclusive and expensive car.

Still, great that Maserati commits to racing again. The Gran Turismo has performed rather well in the GT4 class over the last decade, but has now bowed out gracefully, and a new GT2/GT3 racer would be really great.

[broadrun96]

I would think GT2 is more likely than a single make car for the halo car of their lineup. Single make would be the GT car. But depending on the base car they use it could be tough to find a class for it outside of GT2. Guessing they would use bits from the parts bin rather than a new chassis from the ground up unless Alfa needs a new 6C to slot between the previous models

[merak1974]

Maserati is now testing the proper full prototype, rather than a development mule, and the released photos indicate a GT2/GT3 type of car:
https://www.maserati.com/internation...totype-testing

[Adam43]

Originally Posted by merak1974

Maserati is now testing the proper full prototype, rather than a development mule, and the released photos indicate a GT2/GT3 type of car:
https://www.maserati.com/internation...totype-testing

Nice statue. I believe it is pointing out that Maserati is number one.

[Juntos]

A GT2 would fit the Ferrari group scheme.

[merak1974]

Originally Posted by Juntos

A GT2 would fit the Ferrari group scheme.

Which "Ferrari group scheme"? Could please you elaborate?

[canaglia]

Originally Posted by Juntos

A GT2 would fit the Ferrari group scheme.

don't think so.... anywya ferrari would just need to make some little updates to the 488 challenge to fit it for the new SRO gt2 class

[Petoli]

Originally Posted by Juntos

A GT2 would fit the Ferrari group scheme.

So, Maserati and Ferrari are no longer part of the same group.

[Bcarr6]

Originally Posted by Petoli

So, Maserati and Ferrari are no longer part of the same group.

Ferrari is its own thing now yes, but 90% of it is owned by Fiat Chrysler Group shareholders, so it essentially is still a FCA brand, just not officially

[merak1974]

I think Maserati appreciates the opportunity to shape its own strategy, with fewer constraints from Ferrari.

[broadrun96]

Don't feed the angry troll

[merak1974]

Latest spy footage looks and sounds rather promising:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

[bentley speed 8]

Promising indeed. Looking forward to hearing more details

[chunterer]

Interesting looking muletta!

Got the MC12 'face' with a look a bit like any o 488/R8/C8 from the cockpit to the rear.

Exhaust note suggests V6 turbo?

[broadrun96]

That low down exhaust sounds so bad, why does everything have to sound like a tractor now

[merak1974]

Originally Posted by broadrun96

That low down exhaust sounds so bad, why does everything have to sound like a tractor now

Maserati will surely fine-tune it into a great sounding exhaust note

[merak1974]

Originally Posted by merak1974

Maserati will surely fine-tune it into a great sounding exhaust note

But given the COVID-19 situation, it seems unlikely that the planned schedule with a presentation of the MC20 at the end of May will hold. All car production in Italy was suspended last week, and other activities, including testing, are probably down to a trickle.

[merak1974]

Originally Posted by merak1974

But given the COVID-19 situation, it seems unlikely that the planned schedule with a presentation of the MC20 at the end of May will hold. All car production in Italy was suspended last week, and other activities, including testing, are probably down to a trickle.

Presentation dealyed to early Autumn:
https://www.maserati.com/internation...wtl_source=edm

[merak1974]

https://www.topgear.com.ph/news/car-...a2613-20200517

New photos provide a good idea of how the car will look like, apart from the details that will surely set it apart as a true Maserati.

... But, I am shocked by the lack of knowledge displayed by someone who writes for TopGear: "This will also be the first Maserati powered by an engine developed entirely in-house". C'mon, we are dealing with a marque with more than 100 years of history, and which throughout its history has designed and manufactured almost every conceivable type and configuration of engines; from straight 4, 6, and 8, V6, V8 and V12, to even V16 (double-8). Not many manufacturers are even close to that diversity, and basically all of them were fully in-house designs, apart from the - historically speaking - rather recent teaming-up with other marques in the FCA conglomerate.

[broadrun96]

I'm hoping that's PR speak from Maserati and their disconnect from the marque. Otherwise, yeah, someone needs to be booted from Top Gear post haste.

[merak1974]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz8r...ture=emb_title

Looks fit for some racing