The Maserati MC20 is dead: long live the new, slightly facelifted MCPura

Shock news! Maserati has announced its MC20 is no more. Yep, time's up for the V6-engined flagship supercar and… wait, hang on, what we’re looking at above is Maser’s “new super sports car”.

Essentially it’s facelift time for the MC20, but that name stood for ‘Maserati Corse 2020’. Pretty simple right? That was the year it was unveiled, so that’s the name it got. Only – and we’re just guessing here – we’re not sure that many people really want to be reminded of 2020, so the newly updated car is now called the MCPura.

Maserati said it has updated the “aesthetics and innovation” of the MC20 with this refresh, but the carbon tub remains the same, as does the dry-sumped Nettuno twin-turbo V6 engine and its outputs of 621bhp and 538lb ft.

So, what’s new other than the name? The most eagle-eyed among you may have spotted a slightly sharper face. Maserati has done its best nose-job work to draw out the front bumper and give the MCPura more of a shark nose and to optimise airflow. There are changes to the floor too, apparently, while round the back there’s a slightly different rear bumper, although you’d need to put both cars side-by-side to notice.

There are new colours available though! Exciting times. The light blue shade you see here on both the coupe and the Cielo convertible is called ‘AI Aqua Rainbow’, while you can also spec ‘Devil Orange’. The Alcantara-filled interior is much the same as before, although there’s a chunky-looking new steering wheel with a flat top and the screens get the latest-gen ‘Maserati Intelligent Assistant’ plus some new performance pages from the GT2 Stradale.

In the coupe you can also spec a different steering wheel with more carbon fibre and inbuilt shift lights. Nice. And on the subject of options, there’s also a box to tick for a giant rear spoiler, which again is inspired by that racy GT2 Stradale.

So, take a real close look and then let us know your thoughts below.