When the 2025 Maserati GT2 Stradale arrives stateside in August it’ll cost $311,995, including the $1,995 destination fee. Maserati will only make 914 (honoring 1914, the year the automaker was founded).

Maserati's lovable MC20 spawns a 911 GT3 rival, but does this expensive, road-legal track toy live up to its high-revving engine and head-turning design?

It’s not hard to see why the Maserati GT2 Stradale was created. Back in 2020, Maserati – desperate for a showstopping halo car to spearhead its new generation of models – launched the MC20 and quickly realised it was onto a winner. Ballistically quick, easy on the eye and surprisingly usable, it pretty much had the lot.

The MC20's turned-up sibling is lighter, more powerful, and faster—but something has been lost in translation.