Maserati to present street-legal MC12 Versione Corse at Bologna
11-21-06, 08:21 AM
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Maserati to present street-legal MC12 Versione Corse at Bologna
Tuesday 21 November 2006
Maserati will reveal its MC12 Versione Corse for the first time at next month’s Bologna Motor Show. The Versione Corse is the mandatory production version for the homologation of Maser’s MC12 GT1 racecar from the FIA GT-championship. Under the rulings, twelve cars must be manufactured and sold to the public with pricing expected to be in excess of €1 million.
The Versione Corse features a modified version of the 6.0L V12 shared by Ferrari’s FXX and develops a full 755hp (up from 630hp in the standard model) at 8,000rpm with maximum torque of 710Nm all the way to 6,000rpm. Accelerating to 200km/h takes just 6.4 seconds, while maximum speed is a lofty 326km/h. Drive is sent through a heavily revised version of the six-speed Cambiocorsa gearbox that improves on the speed of the shifts.
Owners will be treated with special track days run by Maserati, where they’ll receive invaluable training on high-performance driving from the company’s race team.
Maserati will reveal its MC12 Versione Corse for the first time at next month’s Bologna Motor Show. The Versione Corse is the mandatory production version for the homologation of Maser’s MC12 GT1 racecar from the FIA GT-championship. Under the rulings, twelve cars must be manufactured and sold to the public with pricing expected to be in excess of €1 million.
The Versione Corse features a modified version of the 6.0L V12 shared by Ferrari’s FXX and develops a full 755hp (up from 630hp in the standard model) at 8,000rpm with maximum torque of 710Nm all the way to 6,000rpm. Accelerating to 200km/h takes just 6.4 seconds, while maximum speed is a lofty 326km/h. Drive is sent through a heavily revised version of the six-speed Cambiocorsa gearbox that improves on the speed of the shifts.
Owners will be treated with special track days run by Maserati, where they’ll receive invaluable training on high-performance driving from the company’s race team.
W! They're going have a street-version of that thing!! DAMN!!
11-21-06, 09:21 AM
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That car is pretty impressive. Better numbers than the Enzo and the same as the FXX is saying something. My roomate has an '06 Maserati Gransport and it's an amazing car. 
12-09-06, 11:42 AM
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World Debut: The $1.3 Million Maserati MC12 Versione Corse
At the Bologna Motor Show in Italy, Maserati unveiled a new, more powerful MC12 racing car.
Maserati's MC12 Versione Corse (racing version) makes 755 hp and costs more than $1 million. Note to dreamers: It's not street legal.
Date posted: 12-08-2006
BOLOGNA, Italy — Maserati has unveiled a more powerful special edition of its MC12 GT1 racing car here at the Bologna Motor Show.
The MC12 Versione Corse makes 755 horsepower, compared with 600 hp for the GT1. It also is equipped with an electrohydraulic Cambiocorsa semiautomatic transmission in place of the racing car's manual gearbox, and features a passenger seat.
The price: a cool 1 million euros, or $1,333,000 at current exchange rates. Plus taxes, of course. The car goes on sale this month, with the production run limited to a mere 12 units.
The car, which Maserati observes is not street legal, was designed "to give an exclusive number of Maserati clients the possibility to test their driving capability in the most exclusive gentleman drivers' environment."
The official exterior color is "Blue Victory," but Maserati says it will customize the car, inside and out, to the customer's personal specifications.
What this means to you: We're still trying to figure out what it means to pilot a Maserati supercar in an "exclusive gentleman drivers' environment."
Source: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=118778#2
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12-09-06, 12:35 PM
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The official exterior color is "Blue Victory," but Maserati says it will customize the car, inside and out, to the customer's personal specifications.
What this means to you: We're still trying to figure out what it means to pilot a Maserati supercar in an "exclusive gentleman drivers' environment."
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