Mastretta MXT first Mexican sports car to debut in 2011

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By Brett Davis | November 25th, 2010

It’s been four years in the making, but the Mexican Mastretta MXT will debut next year, making it the first sportscar to be designed and built in Mexico.

The company says it has been designed for the European and American markets, and more specifically, for driving enthusiasts. It features a Ford Duratec 2.0-litre engine – seen in some variants of the Ford Fiesta – that has been turbocharged. The lightweight sportscar will offer 179kW of power and deliver 0-100km/h times of 5.9 seconds and a top speed of 230km/h.

It’s certainly no powerhouse but for a first attempt at the sportscar market, and as a first attempt as an independent Mexican manufacturer, it’s isn’t too bad at all. The company itself is owned by two brothers, Daniel and Carlos Mastretta, who own a company called Tecnoidea. This Tecnoidea company has been responsible for the designs of many Mercedes-Benz and International buses over the past 20 years; so they know a thing or two about the automotive industry.

The bodywork kind of looks like a Lotus Elise, only sharper. The car also showcases the same lightweight mentality as a Lotus, and is made from exotic materials, including aerospace-grade aluminium. The MXT features interior comforts as well though, unlike the Lotus, and includes things like sat-nav and power controls.

Mastretta unveiled the MXT at this year’s Paris motor show where it generated a large amount of interest. The company say it is planning to produce around 100 of the MXTs next year for international markets. Prices will start at US$55,000 (AU$56,224 ).

Devil666

Looks like a smart car. What a piece of crap.
Shak

I’ve heard of bucket seats, but those actually look like buckets. I think when they said they made it for European and American tastes, the Interior was made for the Eurpoeans who like all those sombre and “mature tones”, but the seats were definitely designed for the American market, to ensure no spillage.
Jez

Does it come with some lemon pledge and a maid to keep it clean for you?

Martin

Said maid wouldn’t be named Consuela by any chance?

nasal explorer

Funded by Mexico’s notorious cartels, the Mastretta features numerous cavities in the bodywork for the purpose of smuggling hard drugs across the US border.
http://alius.com FH

… for all the american addicts and the constant growing market that is waiting for it!
sam

Hammond said: “Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat.”

Bert

I’ve seen the same in american cars too if not even worse
Henry Williams

Hammond is mentally retarded. I like the car. It looks nice and comfortable.

Kike

Give it a rest guys!! Mexican cars are as good as American or European! you guys are a bunch of haters!!
Inspector Gadget

I have been living in Sydney, Australia for over twenty years now and I can say that I have seen my share of racist, ignorant, xenophobic people in the past, but you guys really made my day. From looking at the interior of the car it is rather obvious that is not designed for the US market. No Yank would fit on those seats because you are too fat!. Also, chances are that does not consume enough fuel for your taste and that will have a negative effect on your desire to invent more fake weapons of mass destruction to invade another country illegally to steal their petrol as you have done in Iraq! Also, the car looks too good for Yanks to like it. I have seen your Chevrolet, Fords and Buick not to forget the ugliest thing ever to be put on a road those vomitives that you call Humvee or something like that. You are nothing short of pathetic!

Nezza

Get a life you wanker!

Francisco

Good comment, I agree.

mindspeaker

Incredible… what a bunch of retards! so you think no good can come out of a country with more history than Australia? yeah right… now try sleeping on the other side of your bed… you bunch of racists…. =)

buggo

so you think you have the right to call an entire nation retarded. its wrong to call an entire country retarded in the same way its wrong for us to say you are lazy you hypocrite.

http://yahoo.com mexican

OMG u guys are all haters we mexicans are capable of building better sports cars and were probably smarter than you guys lets see you come up with a better car bet you cant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
j

i like it looks cool, i would buy it right away. it should be less $$$ the motor doesn’t fit the price, and is a FORD engine i hope is not made in U.S. i rather they put a Japanese or german engine…
Nezza

Shut up you stupid limey APE!
http://automufflercarmodifications.com sodonx

Nice thread. Gratefull and waiting for another one.
yank

For all you mexican hater yanks! You are talking out your ass. We should see your faces when all the orders will be caming from the USA. Design and built by mexicans.
http://www.caradvice.com.au/92693/mastretta-mxt-first-mexican-sports-car-to-debut-in-2011/ Ric

Apart from it’s ugliness, did they also forget to install airbags.
Sergio

Big flop on first attempt, I am a Mexican living in the US and when I saw the “made in Mexico” tag and the exterior I told my self I will buy one of these, but when I saw the interior picture and its poor performance on its 0-100 khm my smily face turned to a sad face, it is WAY TO EXPENSIVE for a car with a crapy engene, a 2.0 turbocharged engene makes me laugh when I compare it to my 96 impala with the LT1 engene 5.7 turbocharged delivering 550 HP tested on a power performance computer. I hope this is the prototype n they put a better turbocharger on it to make the car go 0-100 khm in less then 3.8 seconds. I’m serious in buying the first sport car made in Mexico but not with low performance.
krew111

hey Sergio before you start trash talking about mexicans and stuff you should first check you spelling you idiot (engene) and nobody cares about your stupid ugly ass impala 96 impala makes me laugh uglies car ever made
sickest

pinches hater people. you guys can’t handle Mexico making better sport cars than your country that’s why you’re hating……….. Oh yeah this car is only the beggining of a lot to come
Hansome_AL

I can smell a lot of jealousy from most of the comments posted.. I think you guys are just afraid of Mexico.. When Mexico only makes tacos and nachos, you guys ridicule them because they only makes tacos and nachos, then Mexico starts selling drugs besides tacos and nachos, you guys redicule them by saying they are drugster, later they create Sports Cars, you guys are still rediculing them.. Sometimes I just wonder what did these mexicans do to deserve to be rediculed like this.. Is it because they invent Tacos and Nachos first before a sport car??

Mexicans help US a lot as much as chinese people helping people around the world. They should not be rediculed, but be friended with as they might be the next super power. The richest man now is from Mexico.

Francisco

Also, Mexico is the eleventh economic engine of the world out of 196 countries that exist! Not bad at all.

JReyes

America loves cars. It is safe to say we are addicted to our cars like we’re addicted to our drugs- I’m sure this car will do just fine in the American market as long as Mexico is supplying the demand. Don’t hate on Mexico because we’re the dumb end-user.
Though I do agree about the interior- it can use some re-vamping. Give it time, this car company will grow and will make better cars each year. You all remember a little car manufacturer that came to the US in the mid-eighties from Korea called Hyundai. Everyone said, Piece of crap cars! Well, look at them now.
http://www.engitek.com Mario Sanchez

What you have seen here is not final product is was just a prototype, the final version has all the amenities like Blue tooth connections, GPS, satellite radio/stereo air bags, ABS brakes and much better looking interior among other improvements. The final final version can reach 0 to 100 KM in just under 4.9 seconds cars with one or more less time than this, cost hundred of thousands of dollars, so for performance price is a very good deal, max speed is 250 Km/ hour or around 150 miles per hour, this car company has already sold the first 6 months of production and just started to sell it, most customer are from europe.
carlos santana

Sometimes us Mexicans have to show the world that we aren’t only good at sell drugs like the cartels but also make fine pieces of machines like this well made car…let’s show them euro people….
Meso Mexican

We are first at many thing to make. we can make hats food and other great things so stop hate us just cause we are rich with drugs and fast cars
Francisco

Yeah, Mexicans make good things, invented color television, invented the machine gun.
Jeffe

I look forward to seeing what comes as the end product. They are trying and as a first product, not bad at all! I agree with the price being to high. They might have a better reception for making it a kit car and the customer choosing the engine. Like a flat 4 turbo’d suby engine. Who knows all i know is if it were to be stripped and sold as an everyday track car for high 20′s low 30′s. It’d be snatched up quick. Then offer options and let the customer pick what they want. Then add packages later after you have a market feedback. Don’t give up and don’t let the haters get you down. Try and take something away from it and make it positive. VIVA La Revolution!!!