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Gone is the Maserati interior switchgear of past models that could often trace its origins back to vehicles like the Dodge Durango. Settling in at the helm, itвЂ™s immediately obvious that the MC20 is targeting those looking for a fast grand-touring sports car like the 911 Turbo S rather than a stripped-down track toy. But under the larger Fiat-Chrysler banner, MaseratiвЂ™s models also inherited plenty of hand-me-down hardware from elsewhere in the groupвЂ™s portfolio, and glacially-paced development efforts have added to the brandвЂ™s recent struggles to uphold its racy reputation.

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Maserati would ostensibly become FerrariвЂ™s luxury division when it took full ownership of the company in 1999, and the years since have seen Ferrari provide more conventional versions of its high-winding powerplants to Maserati for use in vehicles like the Ghibli sedan and Levante sport-utility. The company made its debut as an automaker in 1926 with the Tipo 26 race car and soon went on to become a formidable competitor in motorsport, but the ensuring decades were tumultuous, and the company changed hands a number of times before Fiat took ownership in 1993 and then handed the reins over to the Fiat-owned Ferrari brand. The Maserati name tends to conjure up images of low-slung Italian coupes, but in reality the storied brand hasnвЂ™t offered up a proper sports car since the limited-production MC12 debuted back in 2004.

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