LONDON: The Maserati MCPURA super sports car made its world premiere at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2025.
The car is available in coupé and convertible versions, known as Cielo.
In the Cielo version, MCPURA introduces a retractable roof in polymer-dispersed liquid crystal (PDLC) glass, the first to do so in its class, with the ability to switch from opaque to transparent in one second.
The onboard experience thus becomes multi-faceted: all-encompassing with the roof closed and opaque; a unique “sky feeling” when the roof is transparent; holistic with the top down.
At Goodwood, the new super sports car was presented in the sophisticated Ai Aqua Rainbow body colour – designed as part of the Maserati Fuoriserie customisation programme, in a matte version for the coupé and in gloss for the MCPURA Cielo.
The new MCPURA has four distinctive features: the carbon-fibre body; the Maserati-patented V6 Nettuno engine; the “Butterfly” doors; and the retractable glass roof, for the convertible version (MCPURA Cielo).
Specifically, the carbon-fibre monocoque pairs rigidity and lightness, so much so that the total weight comes in at under 1,500kg.
Thanks to its power output of 630PS, it comes out best in class in weight/power ratio: 2.33kg/PS.
The 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6 Nettuno engine delivers 630PS at 7,500rpm and 720Nm of torque from 3,000rpm.
The power-to-weight ratio is 210PS/litre.
This engine’s secret lies in the innovative pre-chamber combustion system featuring twin spark plugs.
This technology is derived from Formula 1 and – thanks to Maserati as the patent holder – is now available in an engine destined for the road.
The third hallmark of the MCPURA is the “Butterfly” doors, to improve access to the passenger compartment and simultaneously reveal the carbon-fibre structure of the chassis.
The MCPURA is produced at the historic Maserati plant on Viale Ciro Menotti, Modena, where in addition to the Nettuno engine, the GT2 Stradale and – from the fourth quarter of 2025 – the iconic GranTurismo and GranCabrio are also made.
