Modena’s pride enters a new chapter with the debut of MCPURA, its most refined sports car yet.
The Italian brand pulled the covers off its latest creation, the MCPURA, an elegant evolution of the MC20 that blends raw speed with a touch of elegance and high science.
The MCPURA builds on the MC20’s core with sharper design, richer materials, and smarter tech, all while keeping the same throaty V6 Nettuno engine. That 3.0-liter twin-turbo still delivers 630 horsepower and 730 Nm of torque, and it does so with the help of Formula 1-derived pre-chamber combustion.
This engine is still entirely Maserati, designed, built, and patented in-house. It’s good for 0 to 100 km/h in under 2.9 seconds and a top speed of over 325 km/h in the coupe, slightly lower in the Cielo convertible.
Outside, it’s hard to miss the shark-nose front end, revised bumpers, and those “Butterfly” doors that lift dramatically to show off the carbon-fiber monocoque. The coupe is sleek, while the convertible (named MCPURA Cielo) adds a clever glass roof that can shift from clear to opaque at the press of a button.
But it’s the Goodwood show car’s paint job that truly turned heads. A special Ai Aqua Rainbow finish, matte on the coupe, glossy on the Cielo, glows and shifts color depending on the light, creating a rainbow-like shimmer inspired by how light breaks through a prism. Matching magenta and blue Trident badges complete the look.
It’s all Alcantara inside, with laser-etched Trident logos on the seats, futuristic contrast accents, and a steering wheel inspired by Maserati’s GT2 race cars. Optional carbon fiber elements give the cabin a motorsport edge. Even the drive mode selector is treated like a luxury watch dial, tactile and precise, with blue accents and five distinct driving modes: Wet, GT, Sport, Corsa and ESC Off.
Maserati made sure the tech was just as impressive. The MCPURA runs the Android Automotive-based Maserati Intelligent Assistant, delivering real-time traffic updates, Alexa integration, and access to performance data via its “performance pages.” The optional 12-speaker Sonus faber sound system rounds out the sensory experience.
And like all good Italian art, it’s customizable. Through the Fuoriserie personalization program, buyers can spec over 30 paint colors and bespoke interior details.
In a world of EVs, the MCPURA reminds us that there’s still room for the roar of combustion, at least while it lasts, and that performance can be both visceral and beautiful.