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MC, The Improved Maserati Gran Turismo
While the MC, with a sticker price of over $144,000, is significantly more expensive than a base Gran Turismo, there is much more to this hard-edged Maserati than numbers.
Under the direction of former Formula 1 racing driver Ivan Capelli, the Maserati Corse division has created an intriguing evolution of the Gran Turismo that is surprisingly easy to live with.
To qualify for the MC badge, the car has shed weight and gained power. An 11-hp increase sounds like chip tuning, but since this is a normally aspirated V8 the engineers had to reduce friction, weight and thermodynamic loses. Maximum power output climbs to 444 hp at 7000 rpm and torque rises by 7 lb-ft to 376 lb-ft at 4750 rpm. Weight has dropped by about 100 pounds due to the removal of sound–deadening and other luxuries. Thanks to excellent dynamic weight distribution, the MC needs neither a launch-control program nor traction control to translate all the torque into traction.
On the road this silver Grigo Touring coupe caters to eyes and ears. Eyes because the modified shape turns even more heads than usual thanks to fender flares, sill extensions, a deck-lid spoiler, a blacked-out rear apron, and a front air deflector; these aero bits also dramatically improve the MC’s aerodynamic stability. Above 4000 rpm in Sport mode and throughout the entire rev range in Race the two large-diameter tailpipes play a spine-tingling tune.
Further enhancing the ground-effect talents are a lower ride height, stiffer springs, tauter fixed-rate dampers, and thicker antiroll bars, as well as minor camber and caster changes.
While lesser Gran Turismos are creamy gliders, the MC is a sharper tool made for precise driving with accurately timed inputs and prompt reflexes.
What this MC does really well is celebrate the sense of the occasion. It is a purer, leaner, and sharper piece. The reprogrammed genes transform the handling and create the ability to throw the lever inside your head into competition mode whenever you choose. The MC is more involving, more rewarding, and more complete overall.
The stunning red Rosso Corallo interior has four bucket seats and is enhanced with carbon fiber Sport Line trim.
Experience the power, precision and performance of the MC. Call us today. Slide in to the Rosa Corallo seat and get behind the wheel of this 2011 Maserati Gran Turismo S MC Sport Line.
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