LA Auto Show - Maserati MC-12
Maserati Teases Auto Press With MC-12
AutoPacific and VehicleVoice staffers dutifully attended the Maserati press conference, but you get the feeling that Maserati executives felt compelled to have a press conference at the 2006 (2006.5?) Los Angeles Auto Show. With a full 30% of Maserati’s US Sales coming from California, we would have expected more
While little news was shared, the press did have the opportunity to view a street version of the MC-12. The vehicle $1.5 million vehicle was provided by the Riverside Automotive Museum, which gives you the sense that it is more of a “piece” than a machine. US sales of 14 units are testament to its rarity... in fact, is it a real car?
Technical Specifications
Bodywork
- Roadster-type bodywork with removable hardtop, two-seater, mid-rear engine, rear wheel drive.
Chassis
- Carbon-fibre and Nomex honeycomb monocoque chassis with aluminium front and rear sub-chassis.
Suspension
- Front : double wishbones with push-rod activated damping; progressive rate steel dampers and coaxial coils and springs.
- Rear: double wishbones with push-rod activated damping; progressive rate steel dampers and coaxial coils and springs 19”.
Wheels and Tires
- Alloy wheels: front 9J x 19, rear 13J x 19.
- Front tires 245/35 ZR19, rear 345/35 ZR19.
Brakes
- Brembo braking system with four cross-drilled ventilated discs.
- Front 380 mm x 34 mm, rear 335 mm x 32 mm
- Light alloy six-piston callipers front, four-piston rear with differentiated diameters.
- Bosch 5.3 ABS. Electronically controlled braking corrector (EBD).
Transmission
- Longitudinal rear-mounted gearbox.
- Maserati Cambiocorsa mechanical gearbox with electronically controlled electro-hydraulic operation via paddles mounted behind the steering wheel.
- Dry twin-plate clutch, diameter 215 mm (8.46 in) with flexible couplings and hydraulic control.
- Bosch ASR traction control.
Engine
- 65° V12
- Twin gear-driven overhead camshafts per cylinder bank, with four hydraulic valves per cylinder.
- Dry sump engine lubrication with integral pump.
- Bosch injection-ignition system,
- Drive-by-wire electronic accelerator.
- Weight: 232 kg
- Displacement: 5998 cm3
- Bore: 92 mm
- Stroke: 75.2 mm
- Compression ratio: 11.2:1
- Maximum power: 465 kW (630 horsepower) at 7500 rpm
- Peak torque: 652 Nm (66.5 kgm) at 5500 rpm
Dimensions and Weight
- Length: 5143 mm
- Width: 2096 mm
- Height: 1205 mm
- Wheelbase: 2800 mm
- Fuel tank capacity: 115 l
- Dry weight: 1335 kg
- Weight distribution: 41 % front - 59% rear
- Weight/Power ratio: 2.1 kg/hp
Performance
- Top speed: >204 mph
- 0-62 mph: 3.8 s
- 0-124 mph: 9.9 s
