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Maserati MC12 Corsa - 750BHP!

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Maserati has taken the wraps of its $1.7 million supercar, a new track-only version of the World Championship-winning Maserati MC12 called the Corsa and which will only be sold to valued Maserati customers who will be restricted to using their new supercar on private track days.

“This is a unique opportunity to own a car that is the reigning GT World Champion,” says Edward Butler, General Manager for Maserati in Australia and New Zealand. “The world-beating racing car was developed from the Maserati MC12 road car and the Corsa is derived directly from the GT1 racing car exclusively for track use. It will not be homologated for road use.”

"The MC12 Corsa has been developed in response to the customer demand to own the MC12 racing car and fuelled by the growth in track days, where owners can drive their cars at high speeds in the safety of a race track without the obvious constraints of normal road use,” says Mr Butler. “Without doubt the MC12 Corsa is the ultimate track day car!”

The 564 kW MC12 Corsa has been developed from the MC12 GT1 which won the 2005 FIA GT Manufacturers Cup. It will be used exclusively on track during private test sessions and exhibition activities organised by Maserati. It will not be homologated for road use or for any racing activity.

The Maserati MC12 Corsa, which is living testimony of Maserati’s ability to individually tailor make unique cars with the highest technological content, will be on sale at the price of a million Euros plus tax in September. Available in the official Maserati “Blue Victory” color, it may also be personalized upon request with several optional items

Total production of the Maserati MC12 Corsa will not exceed 12 units worldwide.

It has the standard V12 6.0L engine boosted to 756BHP @8000 rpm.

So basically it's just like the FXX, only it has less power and is rarer.

The kind of person who can afford this car, probably already has the Enzo and the FXX. They really don't give a rats ass, they'll buy it just because.

However, I'm thinking this is a tactic to sell just a bit more MC's by first getting Enzo owners to drive the FXX in order to give them a taste of even more power. Once they're hooked in, they're told they can purchase the MC which doesn't come with the same restrictions as the FXX if they want to drive it. This way the owner will think to himself "the FXX is great, but I can only drive it now and then... so I'll buy the MC which is nearly the same thing, and take it where I want".

Or something like that *shrug*

Eh. Maybe Maserati had spare MC12 shells left and didn't know what to do with them. That's how I figured Ferrari did.

Thats truly poor :? Why do they have to do the exactly same thing as Ferrari with the FXX? And it again has less power than the similar Ferrari...

So same restrictions as an FXX? Well, maybe those people who want to double the amount of track time with an FXX type car will have the FXX and the MC12.

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Originally Posted by dani_d_mas

there was no Enzo GT or Enzo racer

Yes there was, its called the MC12 :P :wink:

Looks like a snake. The wider the better it looks!