Mexico's First Sportscar to Go Global? iafrica.com
go to original March 30, 2014

The sports car made in Mexico (CNN/WTLNews)

The Mastretta MXT, the world's first Mexican sportscar, is set to receive a new engine and some styling tweaks before officially going on sale beyond South America in 2015.

The two-seater sportscar — which, for want of a better comparison is a Latin take on the Lotus Elise, albeit a more comfortable one — is well-styled and full of promise.

The first car of any description that can claim to be 100 percent Mexican — i.e., conceived, designed, developed and built in the country — The Mastretta MXT is an impressive first attempt but will need refinement if it hopes to compete with the aforementioned Elise as well as a host of other two-seat, rear-wheel drive roadsters from European and Japanese companies already on sale in Europe.

Therefore the car will be getting a new 2.0-litre turbo engine sourced from the Ford Focus and will get some external changes that the company hopes will cut the car's weight to below 1000kg.

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