Maserati’s hardcore track only supercar based on the MC20 arrives as the spiritual successor to the MC12 while also being the most powerful Maserati to date.
Complete with an aero-clad, downforce focused bodywork and a futuristic cockpit, it is limited to just 62 examples (all spoken for already) priced at €1,130,000 (₹10.5 crore!) each.
Unveiled at The Quail during Monterey Car Week, the aggressive looking Italian made supercar arrives with a dramatically overhauled design and massively upgraded underpinnings over the standard MC20, so much so that not much of the original car remains.
One primary reason for the visual changes has been the increase in downforce. Key features of the new aerodynamically focused design include deep bonnet airflow scoops (in the shape of the brand’s trident badge), big diffusers front and back, also a huge adjustable spoiler.
A large roof mounted scoop, which connects to the spoiler via a shark fin cools the same three-liter V6 Nettuno engine as found in the MC20, but the addition of two new turbochargers plus the extra airflow boosts it from 621 HP to a monstrous 730 HP! This grunt is sent to the 18-inch rear wheels via a six-speed sequential racing gearbox.
A low nose with slim LED lights, integrated race twin exhausts and a large bonnet mounted emblem all add to the extreme look. Elsewhere, the Italian brand has added new double wishbone suspension along with track tuned four way racing dampers, springs and an anti-roll bar, all of which can be fully adjusted.
The car weighs only 1,300 Kg, which is down to the brand’s focus on cutting fat from the standard 1,540 Kg MC20 to make it as competitive as the MC12, all thanks to new bodywork and an upgraded chassis, both now constructed of ultra light carbon fiber.
A huge focus has been placed on the interior too. A single left hand seat and a carbon fiber racing wheel with a built-in display is surrounded by different clusters of control knobs and buttons. These control an array of settings, from steering calibration to traction control levels, brake balance, engine strategies and the pit limiter.
This extreme and minimalistic cockpit has been designed through feedback from customers to “achieve the utmost performance and emotions” from its unique track ‘toy’ the brand says.
Although the car is a track focused racer, a host of interior options such as a passenger’s seat, rear view camera display, telemetry recording and a tyre pressure monitoring system all point to luxury positioning. Additional upgrades include carbon ceramic Brembo CCMR ventilated brakes.
“MCXtrema embodies the sporting spirit typical of Maserati’s DNA, a declaration of a new pathway for our brand, devoted to superlative manufacturing and be able to stand out in the world of luxury engine production with uncompromising performance.”
“Maserati MCXtrema was created to offer an incredibly exclusive product that can set a new paradigm for our track cars” said Maserati CEO Davide Grasso.
