Received an invitation from the Maserati dealership where I bought my XK from for a preview showing of the new Maserati MC20 supercar. Anyone heard or seen anything about such a car??

 

Yes. In a few of my news feeds. Looks okay but will probably break. A lot. And be expensive to fix. A lot.

 

Hadn't heard of it.
I have to go a few years before I got my driver's liscence to find supercars that interest me a lot.

Are they doing just a "showing", or can you drive it?
I drove the Ferrari F8 press car this summer.
It was a nice contrast to a lot of modern cars in that it had minimal gauging and gadgets in the dash and center console.
Unlike the Corvette that tries to have both the plethora of switches and buttons like vintage air liner with the mega screens of phones and tablets.

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/09/succe...car/index.html

 

Wow, nice. Thanks for posting that. I do remember seeing another thread now commenting on the similarity to the C-X75.

 

[QUOTE=Tervuren;2300294]Hadn't heard of it.
I have to go a few years before I got my driver's liscence to find supercars that interest me a lot.

Are they doing just a "showing", or can you drive it?


​​​ Don''t know if I would be able to drive it, it just asked for an RSVP and says "be one of the first to see the unveiling."

 

The whole pre-ignition thing sounds pretty cool but yeah like you said CJ, thats gunna be a lot of $$ to fix.

 

Anyone who buys one new will sell before the warranty is up. So no issues on repair $'s. It's the second and third owners (us) that will have an interesting time with the wallet.

 

I own a Granturismo and it has been dead reliable for 3 years while being very easy to DIY maintenance.

Then I come here (well, more the x351 board) and read the horror stories on the AJ 5.0 engine, $42,000 replacements, water pump busted and block cracked and my car is a paperweight, timing chain jumped, etc. And on Maserati life it's a bunch of TPMS battery issues, Satnav replacement, and toe and alignment setting debates.

But I have no idea how an all new car would be.

 

First I have heard of this. CJ, thanks for posting the write up.

 

I don't believe it! I doubt real drivable versions of this car will ever see the light of day. Seven years ago, Maserati booth staffers at the Los Angeles Car Show were all but taking orders for the gorgeous concept Alfieri on display, promising a summer release. Seven years later, we're still waiting. As Tervuren said, "Is it just a "showing" or can you drive it."

And silvertonesx24, consider yourself very lucky. I personally know 3 Maserati owners who had their cars bought back by Maserati, and a fourth who blew his engine on the track on his first lap in it. I'll put the X150's reliability record up against Maserati's anytime.

 

The Granturismo is widely known to be reliable. The Quattroporte with the F1 (2005-2007) is not but once they switched over to the ZF 6HP it became the same. I have never once heard of someone blowing their engine on that car and I have been reading both MaseratiLife for years.

I don't know if I'd trust a brand new supercar from Maserati but this is 2020 not 1990 and manufacturing tolerances are much better plus the great resources of information online.

 

This Maserati is going be a huge success. The engine, engineering, and design are all home run's. Super impressive and if they come in lower than the other mid-engine marques (beyond Corvette), justifying the extra cash is going to be tough sell. Maserati has a good dealer network in the US and all of the next gen models look to be fantastic.

 

Wouldn't a Maserati supercar be called a Ferrari?

 

By the way, I drove a few Maserati Grand Turismo's and the Ferrari California and they all drove beautifully.

 

The new series of cars no longer share an engine or have an engine manufactured by Ferrari.