Vehicle Description
Chassis No. ZAMDF44B000012095
The Maserati MC12 Stradale was born from a marque whose very DNA
was forged on the racetrack. At the dawn of the 20th century, the
Maserati brothers set up shop in a small garage in Bologna,
initially preparing Grand Prix cars for Diatto and later venturing
out on their own with the Type 26. Throughout the 1920s and '30s,
their machines regularly conquered the world's premier circuits
across multiple continents, earning them racing royalty status.
When the company sold to the Orsi family of Modena in 1937, the
brothers initially maintained their roles developing racing cars as
consultants, producing such masterpieces as the two-time
Indianapolis 500-winning 8CTF. However, by 1947, the Maserati
brothers' contract with the Orsis had expired, prompting them to
leave the company they founded to create O.S.C.A., and leaving
behind ex-Ferrari and Alfa Romeo engineer Alberto Massimino to
carry the torch at Maserati. Over the next decade, Massimino
continued to develop dominant racers including the 250F which
powered Juan Manuel Fangio to his second and fifth Formula One
Drivers' titles.
This triumph was followed by the swift end to Maserati's factory
racing efforts, spurred partially by the 1957 Mille Miglia
Guidizzolo tragedy as well as the marque's refocused efforts on
building road-going grand tourers. Subsequent ownership by Citroen
in the 1960s, then DeTomaso in the 1980s, and eventually Fiat in
the early 1990s saw the company slowly drift away from its racing
roots. In 1997, Fiat sold 50 percent of its stake in Maserati to
long-time rival Ferrari, with the Maranello-based firm assuming
full operational control. Under Luca di Montezemolo's leadership,
Ferrari injected the necessary resources and expertise for
Maserati's renaissance, enabling the construction of new facilities
and development of fresh designs. Most significantly, this period
marked Maserati's commitment to return to international racing
competition, setting the stage for the MC12.
The MC12 project, originally code-named MCC (Maserati Corse
Competizione), was conceived from the beginning as a purpose-built
FIA GT contender, marking Maserati's return to the racetrack for
the first time in 37 years. While the all-conquering Ferrari Enzo
provided the foundation, the MC12 was a true homologation special
reminiscent of Porsche's 911 GT1 and Mercedes-Benz's CLK GTR
programs of the late 1990s. In exploiting the more relaxed FIA
regulations introduced for the 2004 FIA GT Championship season,
Maserati developed an entirely new, dramatically larger and more
aggressive carbon-fiber body around the Enzo architecture. The
Frank Stephenson design stretched 2.6 inches wider, 2.2 inches
taller, featured a wheelbase extended by 5.9 inches, and measured a
massive 17.4 inches longer than the Enzo. These dimensions provided
aerodynamics engineers with the optimal surface area to craft the
high-downforce, low-drag characteristics essential to GT1 success.
Only the windscreen carried over directly from the Enzo, with every
other panel redesigned for competition purposes.
Following its introduction at the 2004 Geneva Motor Show, the new
GT1 challenger immediately proved its mettle. Both factory outfits
(Maserati Corse, AF?Corse) and privateer teams (JMB Racing,
Vitaphone Racing Team) leveraged the MC12 platform from 2004
onward, amassing six FIA Teams' Championships, two Manufacturers'
Championships for Maserati, six Drivers' Championships, and an
astonishing 40 victories in the 96 races it entered over its
seven-year competitive lifespan. The MC12 was so dominant, in fact,
that many fans suspect that the ACO's exclusion of the car from the
24 Hours of Le Mans was a deliberate attempt to preserve
competitive balance, with officials citing the car's exceptional
length and width as regulatory violations. The Maserati's
overwhelming superiority immediately established it as the
era-defining GT racing car of the 2000s and secured its place among
most successful Italian GT cars in history.
FIA regulations mandated the production of at least 25 road-going
examples for homologation in GT1-class racing. Maserati fulfilled
this requirement by building exactly 25 cars in 2004, followed by
an additional 25 examples for 2005, creating a total production run
of just 50 road cars-bolstered by a dozen further MC12 Versione
Corse track-only variants. This limited production made the MC12
considerably rarer than the 400-unit Ferrari Enzo upon which it was
based.
The road-going MC12 Stradale's technical foundation centered on the
6.0-liter Tipo M144A V12 engine derived from the Enzo, featuring
double overhead cams, four valves per cylinder, and dry-sump
lubrication. In Maserati tune, the powerplant produced 630
horsepower at 7,500 rpm and 481 lb-ft of torque at 5,500 rpm. While
this output trailed the Enzo by 20 horsepower, the MC12 compensated
with a 100-pound weight advantage, tipping the scales at 3,130
pounds compared to the Ferrari's 3,230 pounds. This power-to-weight
optimization enabled acceleration figures closely matching that of
the Enzo's, with a claimed zero-to-60 mph time of 3.8 seconds and a
top speed of 205 miles per hour. Power delivery relied on a
six-speed sequential gearbox operated via steering wheel-mounted
paddles, with the Cambiocorsa system providing lightning-fast,
seamless upshifts.
This powerplant was mounted amidships in a carbon-fiber monocoque
chassis incorporating Nomex honeycomb sandwich construction for
optimal strength-to-weight ratios. Suspension duties were handled
by double wishbones with pushrod-actuated coil-over dampers at each
corner, and Bosch electronic aids-including ABS, EBD, and traction
control-worked in concert with massive Brembo brakes (six-piston
fronts and four-piston rears) to deliver razor-sharp response and
ample stopping power.
Interior accommodations balanced the requirements of GT1
competition with surprising livability, offering adequate space
while artfully combining brushed aluminum, fine leather, and an
innovative BrighTex fabric material that resembled carbon fiber but
offered a soft, yielding touch. Enzo-sourced seats and a steering
wheel were given a more subdued finish, and a large, centrally
mounted silver tachometer with oversized numbers commanded the
driver's attention as the engine approached its 7,500-rpm redline.
Above, a removable roof panel transformed the coupe into an
open-air spider, allowing occupants to enjoy the acoustics of the
naturally aspirated V12 at full song.
One of only 50 MC12 Stradales ever built, chassis number 12095 was
completed in 2005-the second and final year of production. It was
finished wearing the signature Bianco Fuji pearlescent white livery
with blue accents that paid homage to the colors of America
CAMORADI Scuderia, which campaigned the legendary Maserati Tipo
60/61 Birdcages in the early 1960s. The sporting exterior was
complemented by a luxurious Blu leather and BrighTex fabric
interior. The accompanying clean CARFAX Vehicle History report
begins with an initial entry placing the Maserati in New Jersey in
May 2014 with approximately 9,310 kilometers at the time. Showing
subsequent registration in Delaware, chassis 12095 remained on the
East Coast until at least 2018, receiving routine maintenance from
Ferrari of Long Island. The Maserati later relocated to California,
with services showing that it visited Lamborghini Newport Beach in
Irvine on two occasions in 2021.
Under current ownership, chassis 12095 has undergone an extensive
mechanical recommissioning by the renowned specialists at GTO
Engineering, completed in July 2025 at a cost of approximately
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