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Sunday, 21 November 2010 12:39 |
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 The Mastretta MXT, the first sports car designed and built in Mexico, is powered by a 2.0-liter, 250-horsepower Duratec engine made in one of Ford's two Chihuahua City engine plants.
The visually striking model, officially launched last week by Mexican automaker Mastretta Cars in Mexico City, is a design of Daniel Mastretta, an engineer from the state of Puebla.
Made to comply with Euro 5 emissions standards, the first batch of Mastretta MX cars is intended for the Mexican, US and European markets.
According to Mastretta Cars, the turbocharged Duratec is a four-cylinder in-line engine with 250 lb/ft of torque and is located behind the cockpit, in front of the rear wheels with a transaxle configuration, connected to a MTX-75 five-speed manual transmission.
 It has an immediate throttle response and a consistent torque output throughout the rev range, while turbo lag is unnoticeable.
The shift lights at the top of the digital instrument cluster indicate the exact time to change gears, allowing the driver to make the most of engine performance. Fuel economy rating is 25 mpg.
Equipment includes air conditioning, GPS navigation, iPod connectivity, Bluetooth and DVD player, among other amenities.
Mastretta Cars is a division of Tecnoidea SAPI de CV, a Mexican design and engineering consulting firm based in Toluca, Mexico.
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Get over stereotypes! There is a couple of things you'd want know about the largest state of Mexico
Chihuahua is developing an aerospace cluster. Our universities are training aerospace engineers and technicians right now.
We are developing micro-electromechanical systems at the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez. Many national and international companies with operations in the State are potential beneficiaries of our projects. 
The most important archaeological site of Northern Mexico is located in the State of Chihuahua, at Paquimé
In Juarez, just across from El Paso, Texas, there is a museum with original parts of the great supersonic passenger jet