Maserati MC20 supercar postponed due to coronavirus.

Posted on March 19, 2020
Supercars
Maserati MC20 supercar postponed due to coronavirus.

Maserati had planned to unveil the MC20 at an event scheduled for May in Modena, Italy.

However, due to restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 coronavirus, which has hit Italy particularly hard, Maserati postponed the public unveiling until September. The pandemic also caused many automakers, including Maserati, to temporarily shut down plants.

The MC20's public unveiling coincides with the start of a new era for Maserati, with much of the lineup moving to electrification and automated driving technologies; the MC20 will also be battery-powered, though not at the start of sales. Instead, Maserati's first all-electric car will be the GranTurismo, which will be redesigned in 2021.

Initially, the MC20 will be a 2+2-seat sports car, which Maserati unveiled in 2014 as a preview of the Alfieri Concept. This stunning concept car is expected to influence the design of the updated GranTurismo, resulting in the MC20 evolving into a more hardcore offering: a two-seat mid-engine supercar with a V6-based hybrid powertrain.

The MC20 may be the car originally conceived by Maserati's parent company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, as a modern Alfa Romeo 8C. The car, plans for which were canceled last year, was also intended to be a mid-engine hybrid supercar. It was to be powered by an electric motor on the front axle and a 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V6 in the rear, developing more than 700 hp. Acceleration time from 0 to 60 mph was to be less than three seconds.

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