Maserati MC12 Stradale: Maserati’s Flagship From 2004. — MotoTales NE
Maserati MC12 was Maserati’s Flagship Car From 2004.
Maserati is an Italian luxury car manufacturer which was founded in 1914, but in the early days, it was known more for its race cars than Luxury Saloons it manufactures now. In the year 1926 Maserati built its 1st racing car and had a successful racing career for more than three decades until it retired from factory racing in 1957 but kept building race cars for privateers till late 1960s. After that it mostly built Luxury Sports Cars to rival Brands like Ferrari and Aston Martin.
But after 37 long years since its last International Victory(1967, Cooper Maserati F1, South African Grand Prix Championship), it was 2004 when the Trident again returned to factory racing.
It was none other than the Maserati MC12(Maserati MC12 Stradale), the only modern supercar from Maserati in the 2000s. Based on another great car the Ferrari Enzo(launched in 2002), the road-legal Maserati MC12 was actually built for homologation purpose for Maserati’s FIA GT-spec race car.
- Rear Mid-Mounted engine 2 seater supercar.
- Limited to just 50 road-legal units and 12 track only Corse Versions making it a total of 62 units.
- Built on the Chassis of Ferrari Enzo Supercar.
- Also uses the Naturally Aspirated V12 and the F1 Style gearbox from the Ferrari Enzo.
Recently Maserati also revealed their lastest V6 supercar called the Maserati MC20 which is the spritual successor to MC12. But here we will talk only about the MC12 Supercar.
Though MC12 Stradale uses most of its underpinnings from the Enzo it was very much different than the Enzo in terms of exterior styling and hence aerodynamics. Not as aggressive as the race car it was based on, the road-going MC12 had fewer modifications that made it more suitable for day-to-day driving, it had almost everything needed to become a full race car except for a roll cage nad that made it unique than other Supercars in that era.
At present MC12 can go for $1 million at public auctions. Some versions, depending on their state and miles recorded can go up to $2 million which is a lot of money for a 15-year-old Supercar.
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Originally published at https://mototalesne.com on October 7, 2020.
