The Maserati MC12 is a rare beast. Only 25 were made in 2005 and just seven of those were federalized for use in the United States, one of which is this blue-and-white gem you see above. Similar to its brother, the Ferrari Enzo, the MC12 shares not only the Ferrari 6.0-liter V12, but the same hefty price tag, as well. The current bid for this particular example is over $1,200,000 and still under the reserve. Originally owned by a collector in Florida, it is up for sale by Lamborghini of Las Vegas and only has 521 miles clocked on the odometer. Check out the gallery below for additional photos while you figure out how to cash in that 401k that's not doing anything for you right now.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
rndmnme @ Apr 16th 2008 10:06AM
The exterior ain't bad, but my God, the interior. It looks like a dog drank a blue slurpee and barfed all over it, and somebody wen't back to the 80's to finish it off.
amdforever @ Apr 16th 2008 10:51AM
Actually, there is ALWAYS at least one MC12 on Ebay at any given time...
User @ Apr 16th 2008 6:46PM
I have seen and touched one of these. It drove about 2 feet away from me. (This was at a local exotics show which also had a Veyron.) This thing is really ugly in person. I mean it's really, really ugly. It looks like a complete, street illegal race car. The engine sounds like cats being chopped up on a metal cutting board. This thing is ridiculous. It's SO LOUD.
Zane @ Apr 17th 2008 3:57AM
User, you completely missed the point. The MC12 was designed as a one-off batch of cars to allow Maserati to compete in the GT championship. This is not your average GranSport or GranTurismo. What's the point of a semi-race car if it's not LOUD or doesn't look like a street illegal race car?
Stick with your Audis and Mercs if you want something that slips by under the radar.
Matt Burns @ Apr 16th 2008 10:12AM
Hell, the dealerships whole inventory is impressive.
http://www.lamborghinilasvegas.com/mainpages/inventory.php
LOs @ Apr 16th 2008 10:17AM
That Solstice seems slightly out of place doesn't it?
geo.stewart @ Apr 16th 2008 10:48AM
probably comes free with a Spyker
vdk @ Apr 16th 2008 4:39PM
that's a lot of cars lost playing blackjack or something...
tankd0g @ Apr 16th 2008 10:14AM
Wow, has it been that long? Seems like just yesterday that Clarkson was wetting his pants in this thing.
John B @ Apr 16th 2008 12:14PM
I just saw Clarkson's Top Gear review of this car the other day and IMO, he wasn't impressed. He said it was a brilliant track car but basically useless anywhere else (i.e. no rear window). It was fast though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoG8uO5IJ4M
tankd0g @ Apr 16th 2008 12:23PM
Hah, I hope no one bought one thinking it was anything other than a FIA GT Championship car with some carpet.
Menice @ Apr 16th 2008 10:14AM
love the car.... trying real real hard to like that color/scheme.
Quattroporte @ Apr 16th 2008 11:05AM
The color scheme is meant as a tribute to the early 1960s Maserati Birdcage run by the America Camoradi race team.
Pic: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Maserati_Birdcage.jpg
Menice @ Apr 16th 2008 11:10AM
ahh understood...thanks man. ok if there is a reason for it then it a collector would be psych'd i guess. (still odd combo)
i'll have to retract my bid, i was gonna buy it and have Earl paint it black...
CarbonBlack @ Apr 16th 2008 1:41PM
Kinda like red Ferrari's I suppose.
I respect that they didn't decide to make the int. Non traditional
Tragedy @ Apr 16th 2008 10:21AM
That is the 2nd ugliest piece of machinery I've ever seen. For that amount of money, I'll take the lesser-rare Enzo....or I'd buy a Nissan GT-R VSPEC for everyday of the week.
Zane @ Apr 17th 2008 4:01AM
Or I'd buy a CCX and put your GT-R to shame.
Cary @ Apr 18th 2008 3:21AM
+1 [CCX]
Michael @ Apr 16th 2008 10:33AM
Stunning automobile .Shame it was painted in those two colors .
geo.stewart @ Apr 16th 2008 11:22AM
the hangovers, I mean the overhangs
;-(