Comparison Test: 2022 Maserati_HQ MC20 vs. 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S Lightweight:
Costs $223,230, looks like other 911s.Look, numbers aren't everything. But the 911 Turbo S generates some of the most superlative digits we've ever seen. It gets to 30 mph in 0.8 second, hits 60 mph in 2.1 seconds, and dispatches the quarter-mile in 9.9 seconds at 138 mph. It pulls 1.14 g's on the skidpad and outbrakes the MC20 from both 70 and 100 mph. One moment you're stopped; 12.0 seconds later you're doing 150 mph. That sounds like hyperbole, but it's an actual stat.
On the third day of our test, a driver who began the day in the Porsche climbed into the Maserati and asked,"Is something wrong with the MC20? It doesn't feel as fast as it did yesterday." Technical editor David Beard replied,"There's nothing wrong with it. Your butt dyno just got recalibrated by the Turbo S."
He was right. The 911 Turbo S lives on its own planet, one with different rules and different gravity. And yet, this is no humorless automaton built solely to impress the VBox testing equipment. On a road like, it's alive—involving, incredibly rapid, and benign all at once. You feel like you can climb in and immediately access 95 percent of its performance potential, which in most cases translates to"the quickest thing on the road, anywhere.
This car is about having it both ways: The short wheelbase makes it nimble, while the rear-axle steering makes it stable. Sport Plus mode deploys a pavement-scraping chin spoiler; however, you can retract that and lift the front end in case you want to pull onto the shoulder to rip a U-turn and go for round two on a choice set of sweepers. The fixed-back carbon-fiber seats are as snug as an iron maiden yet somehow comfortable for hours.
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