2011 Mastretta MXT Edition

Mexico may be known for building most of our vehicles, including the products supposedly American, but they have not built a true sports car of their own. The good people over the Mastretta are looking to change all that.

The new MXT is powered by a Duratec 2.0-liter inline-four with a turbocharger that cranks out 250 horsepower and 257 pound-feet of torque. This power should be enough as the MXT is light and very basic.

The exterior of the car is not anything to write home about, but we have heard, it seems much better in person. The car uses a semi-monocoque construction with an aluminum pot belly and a carbon fiber subframe steel. Covering all these is a body of plastic reinforced with fiberglass.

The MXT is on its way to Europe with a price of £ 31,000 and £ 38,000. While it may seem cheap for a high-performance sports car, take a look at the specs and you’ll change your mind in a heartbeat. The MXT is without ABS, stability control and airbags, making this machine a trap for the inexperienced driver. Convert the price from pounds to dollars and you are looking for a vehicle that costs as much as a Ford Mustang GT500.

We can not be certain that the MXT will be coming to America any time soon, as the company will try to build some momentum for sales in Europe first. Not to mention passing the emission tests in the country is harder than astrophysics. Still, it may be years behind the Mustang GT500, but it certainly will turn heads more than one.

Tecnoidea SAPI de CV is a Mexican design and engineering consulting firm based in the area of ??Mexico City, with over 20 years experience in the transportation sector. Through creativity, innovation and technology, Tecnoidea has helped companies create products from initial concept all the way to develop successful products. Tecnoidea effectively becomes an extension of your client’s team of product development. Backed by a solid reputation in providing world-class design and engineering services, allows Tecnoidea visions to become a commercial success.

The company developed and built prototypes in their facilities for public transport buses and private construction companies to coach. Thousands of buses operate daily in many cities of the occupied country.

Expanding from these roots, Tecnoidea built in the 90 replicas of famous cars car kit, including America’s favorite sports car and 1955 Speedster. These replicas were produced using technology of glass fiber reinforced (FRP) plastic used for the body and chassis of a production.

Upon completion of the project car kit, the company developed a technology that allows you to complete your first project developed independently: The Mastretta MXB. This car was the first car project at home the company committed itself in the car based on a production platform widely available at this time. Although the car had modest dynamic capabilities, which emphasized in its quality construction and innovative design. Thirty units were built MXB 1996-1998, which were sold in Mexico, Europe, Japan and the U.S.

The vision began in 2006 MXT. The goal was to create a new sports car with an original and provocative style. For the first time in company history, a proprietary chassis was developed with all the technical elements of engineering, with the exception of the powertrain. After years working on the design of the vehicle, talking to potential suppliers, creating the first prototypes and do preliminary tests, the MXT Prototype Zero debuted at the 2008 British Motor Show in London. Production was planned to start in 2009, but the international financial crisis delayed the project for one year.

2010 is a very important year for Mexico, we celebrate 200 years of independence of our nation and one hundred years of the revolutionary movement that shaped the identity of our country. In this monumental year, we are proud to rejoice with the birth of the first Mexican-designed and built low-volume production of Mexican sports cars for sale in the international market.

Mastretta MXT is the first high-performance sports car by Mastretta Cars. The division of a new automaker is based on Tecnoidea Ocoyoacac, State of Mexico, located near the capital.

The Mastretta MXT is a high performance 2-seater sports car, designed to deliver outstanding performance through the mechanical excellence.

The MXT Mastretta is the answer to the sports car market lightweight, offering a highly advanced vehicle design with aggressive and excellent driving dynamics, while answering our time with environmental awareness by holding a high level of efficiency fuel.

This coupe lightweight (weighs just over 900 kg) is an entirely new 2-seater, rear engined sports car developed using advanced aerospace materials and technology of motorsports. The MXT was developed with the pilot in mind. Their priorities from the beginning has been thus offer an excellent performance by the purity of design. Its powerful 2.0 L turbocharged engine develops 250 horsepower, allowing the MXT to accelerate from 0 to 100 km / h (62 mph) in just 4.9 seconds. This acceleration is controlled by a finely tuned chassis, allowing the vehicle to develop more than 1.1 g of cornering and braking force.