Made in Mexico.....hmmm

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Mastretta MXT
Who knew Mexico would be the home of one of the best-looking sports cars in recent memory? The Mastretta MXT (£32,999; 2009) is the country's first car, but it's no rookie effort. Boasting 240 hp from a turbocharged 2.0L engine, the car moves from 0-60 in less than five seconds with a top speed of around 150 mph, all thanks to its curb weight of less than a ton. The MXT is rounded out by its fiberglass body, which provides looks rivaling the best of what Italy and Germany has to offer.

Mexico City based Techoidea, S.A de C.V (Mastretta Design) has presented the first prototype of its new Mastretta MXT sports car.

The MXT is a two seat, mid engine sports car to be offered in local and international markets.

Developed in house by our design team, the MXT project has also benefited from of a two year collaboration program between our company and some prestigious engineering companies based in England and the USA.

The frame has specially developed aluminium extrusions with steel complementary subframes. The suspension uses unequal wishbones all around.

The body will be produced using closed mould, high quality fibreglass technology.

The engine and transaxle of the production car will come from a high volume manufacturer established in Mexico.

The car is now under final development and intensive testing program before presentation for Low Volume Type Approval for sales in Europe. In the U.S. market, the car will be initially offered as a component car with a "track day" version also offered by end of 2008.

Presentation to the market will be in December 2007 and production will start on January 2008.

First year production target is 150 units.

We are also in the process of creating a distribution network for U.S, Europe, Japan and other international markets.

Specifications
Price: USD$55,000.00
Production: Jan 2008
Engine: 2.3 litre L4
Power: 200 hp
Weight: 970 kg
Top speed 230 Km/h
0–100 km/h: 5.8 seconds
Brakes: 11.75 inch vented discs with ABS