Maseratti is tested on yas marina

On YasMarina in AbuDhabi that saw the finals of F1gp 2009. the Egyptian automotive newspaper "akhbar el yom" lived the passion and excitment with the Italian exotic sports car
"Maseratti" in AbuDhabi on Yasmarina circuit. all of the maseratti cars were tested on the circuit on yas marina. but offcourse
the MC sportline stole the hearts of audience & was the star at that night. the MC line is a special product of the successful coupe
grantourismo. where 12 cars of it was produced internationally to be given to the middle east. the car has special & new modifications but the car is similar to granturismo S
the new modifications are the special white colour, the carbon fiber that is used in different parts of the car at the exterrior & interrior
in addition to the steering wheel & the dash board also the gear knob's are from carbon fiber. the car has new sport wheel of 20 inchs. .
AmbertoTchini the manager of Maseratti in middle east said: 12 is our lucky number & we are proud of this number because it's the
number of our victories in FIA GT with the maseratti mc12.
the 1st minutes in the morning at Yasmarina the cars were at the pitlane. the first car was tested was Quattroporte that was
tested at the 1st 3 laps in order to know the corners of the circuit to get the best racing line to be taken the coming 30 laps in testing the other cars.
after 10 minutes the S-automatic went on track to identify the best racing line that suits the RWD Maseratti cars. behind the wheels of Gran turismo S-automatic
the car was able to be tested & the new v8 4.8l engine was allowed to be tested. the new engine carried the cars to a new chip of sports cars like audi r8, bmw M6, austin martin DB9, jaguar XKR granturismo.
despite of the circuit & it's corners that must be entered by 2nd speed. the car with it's torque 490n.m. & it's ZF gear shifter
that has 6 speed automatic. on other side Maseratti worked on lowering engine sound & it's vibration by means of it's position
the best thing in car is it's ability in cornering as it's a RWD car , by removing the ASR that maseratti used to measure staying
in Racing line. the car was perfect when entering the corner & it's ability to return to it's right way with low effort was un believable
thanks to the components of Quarto porte that has dimensions of 2.93 & weights about (49% front & 51% rear). finally the sports
wheels from Pzero from the tyre maker Pirelli. all these conditions to support the stability of the car even without the ASR.


MC sportline spec:

List Price

Not available
Engine

4.7-liter V-8
Horsepower

440 hp @ 7,000 rpm
Torque

361 lbs.-ft. @ 4,750 rpm
Transmission

6-speed F1- Style
0-60 mph

4.8 seconds
Top Speed

183 mph
Weight

4,350 lbs.
Length

192 inches
Tires

Front: 245/35R-20, Rear: 245/35R-20 (estimated)
FOR

Each of th 12 cars destined for the Middle East gets a special plaque
AGAINST

Twleve models for the Middle East and 11 models for Italy