Maserati considering road-going version of the GranTurismo MC Corse concept?
11/13/2008, 5:06 PM
By Drew Johnson
Maserati is best-known for making luxurious GT sports cars, but the Italian automaker is strongly considering a bare-bones racer for the streets. Maserati unveiled the GranTurismo MC Corse concept at the 2008 Paris Motor Show, and a new report indicates that show car could be a preview for a road-going version of the harder-edged Maser.
When Maserati first took the wraps off the GranTurismo MC Corse, it was widely believe that the car would campaign in some FIA sanctioned motorsports event. However, it now appears as though Maserati was targeting the MC Corse at the likes of Ferrari’s F430 Scuderia and Porsche’s 911 GT3 RS, according to EVO.
The road-going version of the concept would share the show car’s 450 horsepower 4.7L V8, but its curb weight would likely grow to just over 3,000 pounds, thanks to required safety equipment. But even with the added equipment, the MC Corse would check in several hundred pounds lighter than the standard GranTurismo.
No official word from Maserati on a production version of the GranTurismo MC Corse just yet, but we suspect an announcement could be coming in the next few months.
11/13, 5:11 PM
posted by:
A4
It would be gorgeous… im sure they’ll do it
11/13, 5:14 PM
posted by:
Fromes
the Ferrari F430 Scuderia is a little bit of a strech…but the GT3 RS is definitly a reasonable target for this car
11/13, 5:51 PM
posted by:
ckron247
That would be a sweet car to take out onto a track. I like where Maserati is going with there cars. I think this would be a great competitor to both F430 Scuderia and Porsche’s 911 GT3 RS. They are all in the same market and all street legal “bat out of hell” racing cars. Damn I’d love to watch the 3 of those on a track together. Maybe we’ll see it in the 2009 Gumball 3000.
11/14, 2:54 AM
posted by:
LS7
Talk about ruining a good looking car with super-sized overkill air-ducts. That is how Europeans make the “super” version of their cars. Add more air-ducts.
11/14, 9:49 AM
posted by:
DCG3
LS7-At least the air ducts actually do something on European cars and not just some price drop TV jewelry that American manufactures seem to think make it a High performance model. Remember Pontiac in the 90’sand early 2000’s, they seemed to have the worst case of this.
11/14, 12:57 PM
posted by:
Need4SSpeed
Please bring the car to the market…