REVIEW: The Maserati MC20 coupé, with its all-new V6, signalled a long-awaited return to form. Does the drop-top go one better?
Languid. Not an adjective you tend to associate with supercars, but there’s something in the's character that brings this word to mind, even when you’re cracking on. Why? Not because it's lazy, but because its deep well of ability allows you to feel unexpectedly relaxed.
The MC20 Cielo’s dynamic insouciance shouldn't be mistaken for a lack of hardcore talent. Out test drive runs in countryside close to Mount Etna, whose sulphurous mouth can often be smelt in the air. The roads here are a mix of wide-open, intestinally tight, flood-damaged and slippery with sea salt, a combination to stretch the chassis of any car. And so to those modes.
Yet this isn't the end of its ability, another dimension arriving in Corsa. Trigger this mid-bend and you feel the wheel rim weight up like a flexing sinew. The dampers stiffen in unison, the Maserati now poised for maximum attack. Traction control is loosened, too, and killed altogether if you like. No need for that though, because intervention comes late, if not disastrously so.
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