Return to power: To prove it's no longer Ferrari Lite, Maserati bases its MC12 supercar on the Ferrari Enzo

摘要

The V-12 engine of Maser-ati's USD800,000 MC12 super-car bounces off the rev limiter, and I belatedly tug on the paddle protruding from the right side of the steering engage second gear through the idiot-proof, shift-without-lifting- semiautomatic transmission. Damn! I'm into the rev limiter again, before I can grab: third gear. Note to self: Pay attention to the needle arcing wildly across the large, white-laced tachometer. This is, alter all, a car based on the chassis, drivetrain, and mojo of the Ferrari Enzo. In other words, wicked fast. Fourth gear, and I continue to flatfoot it around the high-speed oval at the Balocco test track in Italy. Back in the day, Alfa Romeo Formula 1 cars were vested here. Which is only fitting, since the; MC12 is a homologation special - the roadgoing version of the racing car that finished fifth in class in the 12 Hours of Sebrintr this year.