Mantrack

January / February, 2012

My Maserati Does 185The latest from Italy is a beauty and a beastFew brand names are as synonymous with exotic as Maserati. The word summons notions of speed, art, victory, danger—all at once. With its big masculine engine and curvaceous femi­nine body, it's a car that seems to be having sex with itself as you drive it, the exhaust note orgasmic. While Europeans can order the race-ready Maserati MC Stradale, complete with roll bar, racing seats and F-1 gearbox, it's not available here. Instead,...