2006 Maserati MC12 Versione Corse

The Maserati MC12 Versione Corse was developed for private track use. Its twelve customer cars and one prototype are a separate programme from the Stradale and championship GT1 cars.

History and verified programme identity

Maserati’s heritage account dates Versione Corse to 2006 and gives thirteen total examples: one prototype plus twelve customer vehicles. This corrects the workbook’s 2005 heading while preserving the original twelve-plus-development-car meaning. The maker explicitly describes a private, non-competitive track purpose rather than a universally road-approved or championship-homologated vehicle. A later conversion can alter an individual car’s use, but it does not rewrite the original programme. The exact Corse photograph shows a real exhibit, with its individual prototype or customer allocation left unassigned. No sum with the fifty Stradale road cars is invented.

Engineering and design

The factory table specifies a 5,998 cc V12, with 755 hp and a 1,150 kg weight-without-liquids reference. These figures retain their source convention rather than being compared directly with a road car’s kerb weight. The integrated roll-cage and track-body context differentiate Versione Corse from the road programme. Its development was associated with GT1 engineering, but the private track specification did not simply inherit competition restrictions. The photograph illustrates the closed track presentation, while an individual technical history can establish current preparation. It does not measure power or prove an actual race result. The published specification describes the programme or the explicitly named configuration. An individual car can receive revised parts during use or restoration. Keep those changes dated when comparing it with other Maseratis, so current hardware does not silently rewrite the original engineering record. Weight and output figures also require their printed measurement convention and market context rather than being treated as measurements of the pictured vehicle.

The physical car in the supplied photograph

Calreyn88 photographed this blue source-titled MC12 Corse exhibit. The exact body and track presentation illustrate Versione Corse; the photo does not identify it as the prototype or a particular customer allocation.

How to identify and compare the programme

An individual Corse file should preserve its original programme and delivery purpose before recording later road conversions, demonstration events or track use. A changed registration status belongs to that chassis’s history and does not certify the factory run as road legal. Keep the prototype separate from the twelve customer allocation positions while retaining thirteen as the maker’s total reference. Weight comparisons also need their original convention. The image supplies a real exact-model illustration, while original records establish whether a particular example was development or customer stock. This avoids duplicate records under informal Corsa and formal Versione Corse names.

Collecting and chassis evidence

An individual MC12 Versione Corse record starts with its original chassis identity, delivery specification and dated documents. Preserve the engine and body references separately where the car was coachbuilt or changed during competition. Original correspondence, build sheets and early photographs can establish details that a modern exterior cannot show. Record replacement panels, engine changes and restoration work chronologically. A present appearance may differ from the original specification without representing a second manufactured vehicle. For a numbered edition, retain its plate and allocation paperwork alongside the chassis file. Historical names and race numbers are useful search references, but they are not substitutes for permanent identity or a reconciled production register.

Related Maserati designs and meaningful comparisons

The MC12 Versione Corse belongs to MC12 / private track programme. Compare it with the two linked profiles to follow how Maserati changed its engineering or its presentation. Their original model identities remain separate, even when a coachbuilder, engine family or anniversary theme connects them. Shared ancestry does not merge their manufactured quantities or make their photographs interchangeable.

Reading the sources

The programme sources and the photograph answer different questions. Manufacturer and custodial records establish the original model, Type, category and published production scope. The creator’s file establishes the pictured subject, setting and image permission. An individual chassis history can then add ownership, competition entries and dated repairs without changing the scope of the original programme. Build references are not survivor counts, and a later specification does not automatically become an additional newly manufactured vehicle. Where primary evidence does not establish a complete fabrication census, that field remains unassigned.

Specifications and rarity evidence

Frequently asked questions

What does the published rarity reference cover?

Manufacturer reports 13: one prototype and 12 customer cars, 2006–2007. Private non-competitive track programme, neither original road approval nor GT1 race homologation implied. Separate from 50 Stradale road cars.

How is MC12 Versione Corse classified?

This is a named Maserati private track programme. Its original factory purpose is distinct from road approval and from a car homologated for a particular championship. Manufacturer allocation references remain separate from independently audited deliveries and later individual conversions.

Which technical details are established for the programme?

The primary record supports programme introduction: 2006; maker period: 2006–2007; allocation structure: One prototype + 12 customers. These are programme or explicitly attributed photo references. A particular surviving car’s engine, chassis repairs and competition preparation require its own dated documentation.

Does the photographed appearance establish factory originality?

The caption records a real creator-identified MC12 Versione Corse subject and its documented setting. It establishes the illustration’s scope, while original components, restoration work and individual race provenance require chassis-specific evidence. A competition number, current paint or museum display is not used as an originality certificate.

What rarity or archive scope is verified?

Manufacturer reports 13: one prototype and 12 customer cars, 2006–2007. Private non-competitive track programme, neither original road approval nor GT1 race homologation implied. Separate from 50 Stradale road cars.

Who photographed the supplied image?

Calreyn88 via Wikimedia Commons, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The original file and licence are linked with the image. Retain the creator, source and licence when uploading, exporting or reusing it; local retouching and synthetic enlargement have not been performed.

Related Maserati profiles

• 2004 Maserati MC12 Stradale
• 2023 Maserati MCXtrema

Sources and photo credits

• Manufacturer or custodial programme evidence

Photograph: Calreyn88 via Wikimedia Commons original source, CC BY-SA 4.0. Original image or source-provided thumbnail supplied without local cropping, retouching or synthetic enlargement.