Maserati Turns the MC20 Into the Road-Legal GT2 Stradale

The Maserati GT2 Stradale is what happens when you take a race car, bolt on a pair of turn signals, and declare, with a straight face, “Yes, officer, this is street legal.” It’s the kind of machine that wasn’t so much born for the road as it was reluctantly allowed on it after passing a written apology.

Following its world premiere at Monterey Car Week, the GT2 Stradale — essentially the road-homologated offspring of Maserati’s snarling GT2 track beast — is finally available to order. And if you’re thinking this is just an MC20 with a touch more lipstick and carbon, think again. It’s the MC20, stripped of every last ounce of restraint and handed a double espresso.

Under the bonnet lives the Nettuno 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6, now pushing 640 horsepower, sheared down by 60 kilograms, and launching from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.8 seconds, en route to a 325 km/h top speed. That’s not driving — that’s physics in a hurry.

Production is limited to just 914 units, a nod to Maserati’s birth year, 1914. But for the truly insatiable, there’s also the Edizione Corse — a 16-unit special edition bristling with more titanium exhausts and carbon trinkets than a Formula One paddock. And yes, it comes with the full race-day wardrobe: helmet, suit, gloves, shoes — all branded, of course. If it sounds like posing... well, it absolutely is. Gloriously so.

Think spoilers and diffusers are just for show? Think again. With up to 500 kilograms of downforce, the GT2 Stradale clings to tarmac like a kitten to a curtain. A carbon-fibre roof, engine cover, splitter, rear wing — every gram shaved in pursuit of speed, lightness, and complete irrelevance to everyday driving.

The base Performance Pack is already enough to make most cars weep: carbon-ceramic brakes, ventilated fenders, GT2 Corsa EVO drive mode, and bespoke tyres. But for those who believe the Nürburgring is a second home, the Performance Pack Plus adds a roll bar, four-point harnesses, and a fire extinguisher — because apparently extreme wasn’t quite extreme enough.

You can have it in Nero Essenza if you're feeling subtle. But if you're not, there’s Giallo Genio (yellow enough to be seen from space), Blu Infinito, or Digital Mint Matte, which sounds like a fragrance and looks like a fever dream. And if none of those suit your taste? Maserati will simply paint it in whatever shade your madness desires. Because of course they will.