Maserati MCPura
Americans are wrong about Maserati, including the Americans working at Maserati. The cars should be an easy sell: Sexy Italian design and fiery engines, unflashy yet utterly sophisticated, built upon more than a century’s worth of craftsmanship from the most hallowed region in the automotive world: Italy’s Emilia-Romagna. The company, even after pausing its sedans and midsize SUV, is modernized under the ownership of multinational Stellantis. The new products are ripe. But the promotion is lacking. Which is why the Maserati MCPura, with the most passionate and elegant body of any supercar on sale, is the sleeper performance ride you should consider.
Let us be clear—this car damn well deserves to be off the discount rack.
Formerly called the MC20, the MCPura is not just the company’s GranTurismo coupe with scissor doors. Maserati made it with Dallara, the Italian race car builder, to combine the engineering of a Le Mans prototype with the comfort and usability of a civilian-grade supercar, like a Lamborghini. Driver and passenger sink into the very bottom and center of the carbon fiber tub, with the windshield arching around the cockpit, a nose dropping to the ground, and a thundering 621-horsepower engine that vibrates both seats.
It feels like a million-dollar setup, accentuated with accurate and immediate steering that communicates every tremble and texture of the road surface, all while the suspension soaks up bumps that would break an actual race car. The MCPura is civil, yet always on tip-toe waiting to unleash its twin-turbo V-6, which has a prechamber ignition borrowed from Formula 1 engines to unlock more power from less fuel. When cruising Palm Beach with the roof stowed, our MCPura’s soft, tan leather and deep Verde Royale paint were a welcome respite from the loud colors these cars usually cast. Indeed, we saw hardly any Maseratis. The company only expects to sell 130 across the United States and Canada, starting at $246,000.
