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Maserati 200S is the star of Milan Design Week

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Between 1955 and 1959, Maserati produced just 28 units of the racing car Maserati 200S, as a successor to the Maserati A6GCS. One of them is on display in Milan at the Larusmiani boutique for this year’s Milan Design Week.

Development of this model began in 1952 as a response to Ferrari’s 500 Mondial racing model, which was powered by a four-cylinder engine. This engine proved so successful that Maserati decided to use the same option in the 200S. It was a 2.0 L 4CF2 DOHC I4 engine with 190 hp (140 kW) mated to a 4-speed manual gearbox.

This Maserati 200S was used for racing and was driven by many drivers, including Gilberto Cornacchia, son of the owner of the Maserati showroom in Milan at the time. It raced until 1960, when it was stored at Maserati’s facility until 1999. It then became part of the Panini Collection in Modena, and was later sold to a new owner who carried out a complete restoration of the car.

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Maserati 200S is the star of Milan Design Week
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Maserati canceled MC20 Folgore

Maserati is going through a very difficult period, perhaps the most difficult in the company’s history, and the latest information that the brand is shutting down the MC20 Folgore shows that the way out of the crisis is still far away.

The brand is currently at a turning point and is trying to find a solution, and one of the first moves they intend to make is a return to combustion engines. “Analysis of the market for the super sports car segment, and in particular the MC20 customers, has shown that they want to drive cars with powerful internal combustion engines. These customers are not ready to switch to electric vehicles in the near future,” said former CEO Davide Grasson.

According to Autocar, Maserati is planning to refresh the MC20 model, and the inspiration should be the MC20 GT2 Stradale. It will be powered by an improved 3.0-liter V6 twin-turbo engine with 640 hp and 720 Nm of torque.

The MC20 Folgore is not the first Maserati sports car to become a thing of the past. A similar situation previously occurred with the Alfieri concept presented in 2014, which was supposed to enter production in 2018, but it never happened.

All of this suggests that Maserati’s electric future is uncertain.

Source: Autocar

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Maserati MC20 with AI driver reached 318 km/h

During the 1000 Miglia Experience Florida at Kennedy Space Center, the Maserati MC20 Coupe set a new speed record without a driver in the car. The car was operated by an AI-driver and the Maserati reached a speed of 197.7 mph (318 km/h).

This achievement is the result of a joint project between the Italian scientific and technological university Politecnico di Milano and the Indy Autonomous Challenge racing series. The goal was to set a new speed record, which was achieved on a track that is ideal for this. The track is about 4,572 meters long, which is quite enough for the car to reach high speeds.

Kennedy Space Center is the place from which NASA’s space shuttles took off on missions. The car used software from the PoliMOVE-MSU team, which is part of the performance department AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Driving Autonomous of Politecnico di Milano).

The video shows the Maserati MC20 accelerating and perfectly following a straight line on the runway, reaching a speed of 318 km/h, after which the brakes are activated due to the lack of a runway. If the track were longer, the Maserati MC20 would reach even higher speeds, but it might do so on a different, longer track.

Source: Indy Autonomous Challenge via YouTube

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Maserati MC20 with AI driver reached 318 km/h