The first time I visited the Maserati factory on Viale Ciro Menotti in Modena, just a mile’s walk from the city’s 12th century cathedral, the plant was building Biturbo coupés. Well, sort of. Although technically interesting—the V-6-powered Biturbo was the first production car with twin turbos and the first with three valves per cylinder—the Biturbo was more an assemblage of parts flying in close formation than a fully bolted-together automobile. The Biturbo was fast. When it ran.
Today, the once-grimy old Maserati plant gleams and glistens. There’s fresh white paint on the walls and ceilings, and computer-controlled machinery hums and whirrs on the assembly line where Maserati’s new mid-engine supercar, the MC20, is being put together with quiet, calm efficiency. Things are changing at Maserati. Again. Only this time, it genuinely…
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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2021