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 it shared its carbon fiber tub
and Ferrari-built 6.0-liter V12 with the Enzo, the MC12 was a true
homologation special reminiscent of Porsche's 911 GT1 and
Mercedes-Benz's CLK GTR programs of the late 1990s. Campaigned most
famously by Vitaphone Racing, the MC12 GT1 collected 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.
Two decades on, Maserati marked the anniversary of that campaign
with a pair of Fuoriserie special series built on the MC20, each
limited to 20 cars. The Icona looks to the MC12 Stradale, while the
Leggenda draws on the Vitaphone GT1. Introduced in 2020, the MC20
is built around a carbon fiber monocoque developed with Dallara and
carries the Nettuno V6, a dry-sump 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged unit
designed and built entirely in-house. It produces 621 horsepower at
7,500 rpm and 538 lb-ft of torque from 3,000 rpm, driving the rear
wheels through an eight-speed dual-clutch transaxle. Maserati
quotes 0-60 mph in under 3.0 seconds and a top speed beyond 202
mph.
The Icona's mechanical specification is unchanged, but its Bianco
Audace Matte and Blu Stradale presentation traces back through the
MC12 Stradale to the Trofeo Light that ran at Daytona, itself
styled after the Birdcage Type 61. The Fuoriserie logo appears low
on each flank with the Italian tricolore on the doors beneath the
MC20 lettering. The carbon fiber engine cover wears a numbered
"ICONA. UNA DI 20" badge. Inside are four-way lightweight monocoque
racing seats in black and blue Alcantara over silver backing,
Trident and "Icona" embroidery on the headrests, a carbon fiber
interior package, Sonus faber audio, electronic limited-slip
differential, and a front axle lifter.
Chassis number 457847 was delivered new through Foreign Cars
Charlotte in January 2025. Shortly thereafer it was acquired by the
consignor, a Texas-based collector, and is understood to be one of
eight Iconas allocated to North America. It was maintained by
Maserati Alfa Romeo of Austin in July and October of 2025 and today
shows just 458 miles at the time of cataloging.
Taken with the lineage the Icona celebrates, the consignor set out
to carry the tribute a step further, reportedly investing some
$30,000 in bringing the livery closer still to that of the 2004
car. Rather than touch the wheels fitted at delivery, a second set
of factory Trident wheels was sourced and refinished, polished and
painted white to draw out the spoke design, and fitted with custom
center caps in the two-red, two-blue arrangement worn by the MC12.
The gloss blue was matched to the factory Blu Stradale and carried
down across the front and rear fascias and the aero elements around
the car, continuing the color break as the original does. A pair of
hood strakes were 3D printed and color-matched to echo those of the
MC12, and these sit over the factory-painted strakes. The work is
restrained, and much of it is reversible if desired, while the
original wheels, unmodified, accompany the car.
The MC12 program ultimately achieved well beyond what many thought
possible, successfully restoring Maserati to its rightful place
among the world's most premier racing marques while creating one of
the most coveted road cars of the modern era in the process. This
faithful homage, limited to just 20 examples and underpinned by the
performance of the contemporary MC20, carries that story into the
present, and having covered just 738 miles since delivery, chassis
457847 remains essentially as it left Modena.
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