A BOLD NEW ERA

THE ICONIC ITALIAN TRIDENT NAME RETURNS TO ITS RICH RACING ROOTS WITH ITS FIRST IN-HOUSE-BUILT ENGINE IN OVER TWO DECADES MATED TO IMPECCABLE AUTOMOTIVE LUXURY AND DESIGN. CLIMB INTO THE MASERATI MC20.

- MIKE HUYNH

All good things come to an end, and when it was finally time for Maserati to say goodbye to its longstanding relationship with Ferrari’s power units, the Modenabased luxury sports carmaker took it as an opportunity to reinvent itself. Today, the new Maserati MC20 marks the beginning of this era as one of Italy’s most formidable names in supercar craftsmanship.

Debuting at the MMXX: Time to be Audacious event in Modena, the MC20 is positioned as the successor to the equally exclusive MC12 from 2004. First impressions reveal that it looks nothing like any other Maserati model that came before it. Under the aerodynamic-focused skin resides a special new heart in the form of the Nettuno engine, a 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 engine positioned beyond the driver that’s capable of delivering 463kW of power and 730Nm of torque. This is enough to see the MC20 reach 100km/h in under 2.9 seconds before hitting a top speed of 325km/h.

Among a global pandemic, Maserati Australia managed to successfully freight one of its shiny new MC20 supercars onto local soil for an exclusive and intimate showing at Ferrari Maserati Sydney.

Headed by Maserati Australia, New Zealand and South Africa COO Glen Sealey, the event highlighted the design and functional aspects of the Trident’s most ambitious project to date – the first to feature an in-house-built engine in more than two decades.

With Italian chef Giovanni Pilu of Pilu at Freshwater curating the dining experience, guests were able to get up close and personal with the new vehicle while receiving a live seminar from Maserati’s Head of Exterior Design, Giovanni Ribotta, in Maserati’s Modena plant.