Maserati MC20 Cielo review. Is this 630hp roadster a feisty supercar or really a GT cruiser? 

Super car? Sports car.

​@@AB-80Xwhere does one category end and the other start

@@iaintdonknow In this case it's not that difficult. Aside from price, exclusivity and rarity, you also have to factor in what cars this compete with. This does not compete with V12 Ferraris or Lamborghinis, or high end McLarens. It does not even compete with V6(V8 Ferraris nor V10 Lambos, nor McLarens like the 750S. This is an alternative to say a 911 Turbo S for example. From my personal experience driving the MC20 on both road and track, it definitely lacks the sense of occasion and theatre that is associated with driving exotics and supercars. Every time I've driven one, I came away quite "meh".

I saw one in black and it was both beautiful and sinister in equal measure... Looked like a Batman villains ride. They're gorgeous in person

Not a fan of red cars, but yes I do agree it's a stunning colour, Rj in Oz

Its so small that the manual and service book don't fit in...Unless I'm doing something wrong.

😂

I usually only eat a half weetabix while driving my MC20 so they could reduce it IMO.

@@acs5928 😂

It fits my gloves, does all it promises.

Phew that's a relief. If you paid £300K for the car ,getting decent fuel economy is reassuring.

@@aleccrombie7923 Thanks for your comment. Most cars will come out at £240k-250k, still not cheap but the press cars seem to be over specced for some reason - I don't know why anyone would go for the carbon pack. Agreed the economy isn't really relevant but Harry was implying the car was thistry and it had a small tank but the range isn't an issue.- its good for 200 miles +

Yes, range is much improved with higher mpg. Must be tempting to floor it a bit when touring on A and B roads though. Still, I could put up with more fuelling stops for driving a car like that! Still amazed how nice it looks and sounds. Glad you enjoy it.

I think it has a lot to do with temps as well. The MC20's I've tested had Bridgestones on them, I had few issues with grip, same goes for the 296's I've driven on Bridgestones. If the car here had Cup 2's on it, with those temps it would have been very loose. I've daily driven Cup 2's now for over 6 years on my 488, AMG GTR and other cars. They need to be warm to grip, not late fall weather in the UK on crappy roads.

@@mikehilton1888 Congrats with the car. How`s Robson doing?

Nah. Looks nice but 3.0L V6....

Not for me.....I can cruse in my quiet open top cabriolet and get 50+ mpg......Listen to the birds singing or the Floyd or Zeppelin on the stereo. That's living the dream.

​@@1970smanwhat have you got a convertible Fiesta?? 50mpg?!😅

MX-5 1.5​ ? I had one it was tremendous fun and value@@1970sman

@@andrewstevenson6540 No, not an MX5 although that is a cool car for sure. Mine has four seats, looks beautiful to me and does the job just fine. I often compare it to most so called ‘super cars’ and I think it looks better. I have to say that most cars that find the most desirable these days are old classics. Most new cars look very boring.

Bland interior, sounds like every modern Aston Martin which btw is still selling for $200,000+. Not sure these buyers care for the interior

If the MC20 has blind spot monitoring then it won't be a problem

That's what the GranTurismo/GranCabrio are for.

Yes if you could open the doors in a carpark and not have all the road gunk sprayed down the side of the car from poor designed front mud guard I agree it would be almost flawless.

£300,000, 16mpg and it grounds out!

This car could be pretty fast if tuned properly

just a 3 litre v6 for that money is nuts

I think the coupe is heavy too, Evo weighed theirs at 1,700kg.

Really...probably not!!😂

Apparently the pre-chamber combustion that gives this small engine so much power is used widely in Formula 1 engines, Maserati engineers have managed to make it work in a road car. Hats off to them for trying and pulling that off. Other manufacturers may follow. May even see it trickle down to other cars as I suspect ICE will be around much longer than many assume.

It is a Mahle developed techno. Fiat may be first to put it in the roadcar.

Yup. Now, all are purely point A to point A cars.

More like pointless cars 😊

Full of tech n safety features now lad ,move on

Let us not forget the bottles of champagne that kept the outboard from rattling around.

Haters gonna hate 🤷 Supercars are made for millionaires and billionaires. Randos in the yourube comment section are irrelevant to them.

Apparently doing good PCP deals.

if you had the money to spare would you pay that for only a 3l v6?

​@@huzcerwhat's your problem with a V6? I don't understand. It's a fantastic motor with lot of technology and the sound is fantastic.

@@stefanopedruzzi108 practically the same v6 as the one in the Giulia at a 1/3 of the price. all-new is rubbish as road&track exposed

plastic is heavy

43.5psi on 11:1 compression-that Nettuno is not long for this world.

@zachjacobs3337 it's fine with the pre chamber ignition technology. That's how they were able to achieve such numbers, while being 30% more fuel efficient.

just a 3l v6 for that money is daft

nah - there's Koeniggseggs / Czingers / Mercs for far more than this with 3 cylinder engines. @@huzcer

I don't think the motoring press gave it a "meh". The standard MC20 landed with very positive reviews. Steve Sutcliffe at Auto Express loved it, as did many others including Chris Harris. Matt Farah loved both versions.

@@huzcer - Is it really? The Ferrari 296 has a 3.0 litre V6 Twin Turbo and is a minimum of £241k list. The McLaren Artura has a 3.0 V6 Twin Turbo and has a list price of £189k. The 2022 Ford GT has a 3.5 litre V6 Twin Turbo and you'd be lucky to pick one up (even used) for less than £700k. Let's look at the past. 959 had a 2.8 flat six twin turbo and was £150k ish back in 1987. The Jaguar XJ220 had a 3.5 Litre V6 Twin Turbo and was over £470k in 1992. It's not without precident that cars with V6's commanded huge money in the past and still do.

A bit expensive???? You think?

As good looking a car as the LC500 is, if you parked one next to an MC20 it would look positively pedestrian. Half the point of owning a car like the MC20 is the drama, surely? Price will never be logical.

@@Sabrermk42 The interior of the LC500 s pretty damn nice, much nicer then the MC20. LC looks a lot like the LFA in my opinion and that's an even more exotic car then the MC20 I don't think it looks very pedestrian. I do understand what you mean though, I think it's just because the LC500 is more of a GT car and the MC20 is really just a sports car, there isn't anything GT about it.

I'm with you Punisher, the LC500 is my current price no object modern car....love the looks, love the interior....and most of all love the reliability and ownership experience...

You have to be kidding me…lol As good looking my butt

Ha! I hadn’t clocked that, I hate the lack of an indicator stalk on current Ferrari

Maserati probably gave it a beefy structure to support the extra weight of the electric Folgore variants.

Lose the wheels, carbon and paint and the price gets a bit more reasonable

@@andrewbardwell1763 Indeed. 'Bit' being the operative word 😁

Kind of depends on how you looks at it. I look at it as a bargain, better looking, better sounding Ford GT with pretty much identical performance. From that perspective, it's an amazing deal!

@@flyingphoenix113 Or it emphasises how overpriced the Ford is... I respect your glass-half-full attitude.

​@@resnonverba137 That and this Maserati probably has better road manners than the GT.

True. But no 911 costs over £300,000!

@@adrianbennett3761 yeah thats too much tbh, maybe it depreciates a lot and then it starts to make sense to compare it to a 911

​@@adrianbennett3761 gt3 RS does . .

@@MrBlanko5 List price including Weissach package is about £230,000 but obviously they’re fetching overs at the moment

Umm..ok. Awesome.

For 300k skip it and get a used F8.

@@AB-80X you are not going to get it under $300,000 not even close even used they go up in price actually

@@robertlulek1634 Right now the market in Europe is still softening a tiny bit. What you see are some dealers trying to bump the price a tad because of the spring-summer. And you have to distinguish between priced to move and priced to look valuable. F8 Tributo's currently move at around 250-280 depending. You can get an extremely nice F8 for €300k. And I would also much rather take a 488 over an MC20 any day of the week.

@@AB-80X I don't like the 488 the sound is not great, although the MC2ovhas the same crappy sound. in all honesty I think LAMBORGHINI has the best car for the Money Hurrican performance or evo for that matter, I've been looking at all the websites I do not see an F8?so cheap

@@AB-80X there's no way you're getting it put under 300,000 or even 300,000 not in our country

The bong you heard was a warning saying the folding roof wasn’t fully closed when it obviously was! I couldn’t stop it happening and just lived with it. Cars are getting too complicated these days..

@@harrysgaragemore things to break on them giving them the chance to make money fixing them or to sell you a new car. It’s a shame almost everything today is a throwaway and not built to last like it to used to be

​@@charlie1832çars have never been built to last.

@@tednruth453Except for old Mercs.

@@kipsome45Model A's and Model T's 😛

True, but this is quite a bit better looking than a 458, quite a bit more usable than a 458, and quite a bit faster than a 458. The engine note and the badge of the 458 will forever be tough to beat!

Lovely, but too wide for the UK

Wait a few years and pick a bargain.

100pc agree. Ferrari is a smarter buy.

They have fallen a lot - most Coupes list prices were about £200-210k and now the prices are £160k ish. The carbon pack was the killer - £35k and you lose nearly all of it on resale.

Standard ones look much better.

Yes less than 100 coupes in the UK and about 20 for sale. Many owners selling to get the Cielo. Sadly residuals are pretty poor after starting off strongly.

The MC12 was significantly more expensive in period and is outperformed by the MC20 in virtually every metric. I'd say it's a bargain!

No. Definitely not. This is a clear league above the Emira, and a MUCH better daily driver.

Dude. 30k? 🙄

The boot also gets very hot so your frozen food would melt very quickly :)