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AN MC WITH A POINT TO MAKE

BUTTERFLIES ARE aerodynamic, obviously. They flutter through the air, after all. But the enchanting insects are not designed for speed, unlike the butterfly doors of the Maserati MC20.

Swinging them up exposes this car’s nose-to-tail dividing line, where engineering encounters art. With its single hefty hinge high up near the base of the A-pillar, the butterfly door makes room below for an air duct. This tapers from behind the front wheel, emerging into view

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