MASERATI MC20

Trident trusted to deliver the goods

- GEORG KACHER

AT FIRST THE STEERING feels almost too light, too eager, too keen to please. But confidence soon starts to flow, every movement of the wheel bringing about a faithful response in a way that makes life at the limit incredibly transparent and manageable. Same goes for the brakes. Don’t be afraid to drop the hammer late; just make sure you drop it hard. Maserati’s awesome stopping system simply delivers, no matter how often the driver hits the repeat button.

In the MC20, you get what you feel, and what you feel is the road; pure and simple. Better still, that trusted connection remains intact at all times – on full lock, during quick changes of direction, when braking hard into a bend, over ripples and along longitudinal grooves.

The new mid-engined Maserati is astonishingly accomplished, especially when you consider that it’s been many years since the company even tried to do something this driver-focused and radical. And that’s before you get to the engine, made by Maserati itself, after 18 years of buying in engines from Ferrari. It’s called Nettuno, Italian for Neptune, as in the trident badge.