The second great novelty of the Trident brand has already been discovered. The firm from Modena has just presented the exclusive Maserati MC20 Cielo, an attractive sports car that recovers the Spider format with Italian beauty, surprising with an elegant retractable glass roof to enjoy high performance at any time of the year.
The new Maserati MC20 Cielo It fulfills the brand’s dream of recovering the throne of the Spider, the special models for riding without a roof showing off the elegant sportiness and Italian beauty. A real resurgence is being experienced by the Modena brand, which has just presented the second variant of the exclusive sports car, betting on a more special name.
The new Maserati MC20 Cielo has been uncovered from the camouflage that it has been wearing in recent months, throwing a more than unexpected surprise. Aesthetically, maintains the appeal of the closed top two-door modelwith its vertical butterfly opening doors, and a determining detail that sets the distinctive note: the usual humps behind the seats that also underline a more special level of sportiness, in addition to the unprecedented retractable glass roof, one of the most suitable options for the most demanding, even above the MC20.
Maserati MC20 Cielo, undercover and uncovered elegance
With the brake calipers painted in blue, the new MC20 Cielo has an attractive color palette, to choose between the exclusive “Aguamarina” of the special launch edition baptized as “PrimaSerie Launch Edition”, in addition to the “Audace White”, “Genius Yellow”, “Vincent Red”, “Infinite Blue” and “Incognito Gray”. The Maserati technicians have managed to perfectly hide a roof that was expected to be much more canvas than a glass roof electro-chromic that goes from transparent to opaque at the touch of a button, developed by Webasto, a specialist in the field.
The Italian firm has achieved contain the weight in 65 kilogramsdespite the special reinforcement in the carbon fiber windshield frames, also adding pyrotechnically actuated anti-roll bars behind the seats. The retractable roof system allows folding and unfolding in just 12 seconds and rolling up to a maximum speed of 50 km/h. In addition, the new Maserati MC20 Cielo also has a glass windshield behind the seats, also standing out for an unprecedented design on the alloy wheels that can be painted in gold, with the spokes arranged in the shape of an «X» .
Nothing changes in the chassis section, which copies the digital instrument panel from the MC20, the multifunction steering wheel with satellite controls that includes a selector button for the five driving modes -«WET», «GT», «SPORT», «CORSA» and «ESC OFF»- each of them identified by a specific ambient lighting in green, blue, red, yellow and the most radical, that of the unaided , orange.
Performance in abundance in the new Maserati MC20 Cielo
Nothing new under the hood where the sophisticated gasoline engine of six cylinders in V and 3.0 liters «Nettuno». A powerful block that develops a maximum power of 630 hp and a maximum torque of 730 Nm, which transfers power to the asphalt through an 8-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. The firm has confirmed that its performance is practically the same as the coupé model, with a top speed of 320 km/h and acceleration from zero to 100 km/h in 3 seconds.
The new Maserati MC20 Cielo will be for sale early 2023with a special launch edition of just 60 units of the “PrimaSeries Launch Edition” with special equipment that will include a 12-speaker sound system signed by Sonus Faber specially adapted to enjoy the best sound quality even when shooting in the open sky.