Glancing at pictures of the engine reveals many familiar components. It’s not hard to see the connection to the Ferrari F154 V-8 engine and the Alfa Romeo 690T engine, a V-6 variant of the F154 ...

Both companies made the switch to the F154 series, which comes exclusively with two spinny lads. Once again, Maserati uses a cross-plane crankshaft and Ferrari employs a flat-plane crankshaft.

While taking a deep-dive into the engine, Road & Track discovered that it shares many similarities with Ferrari’s F154 V8 used by the SF90 Stradale (and other models) and the Alfa Romeo 690T ...