Mexico’s Mastretta MXT Headed For Production

Speaking at the Guadalajara International Motor Show (SIAG), Daniel Mastretta announced the first production MXT will be delivered by the end of July.

Even if the 2011 Mastretta MXT, Mexico’s homegrown sports car that took a Top Gear slagging, now is ramping up production. It seems the company is on track to produce 100 vehicles by the end of 2011, and that figure will double next year.

During their TV show, Clarkson, May and 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.”

To make matters worse, Clarkson joked that the BBC wouldn’t receive any complaints from the Mexican ambassador because he would likely be asleep. He was not.

Despite this, co-founder Daniel Mastretta didn’t fire back at Top Gear with anger. In fact, the comments on the popular show helped publicize the MXT and spurred the company to make improvements to the vehicle.

Now the aluminum chassis MXT features a turbocharged Ford Duratec four-cylinder and MTX transaxle, but as Lotus has proved with the Elise, plebian pieces with a light load can translate into thrilling performance. Mastretta is holding 30 percent of its Toluca, Mexico factory output back for the Mexican market, while the rest of the coupes will head out for other lands.

Mastretta MXTs will soon be put in the hands of media for evaluation drives. We can consider that’s a vote of confidence by the manufacturer in its product.

Source: Autoblog and Mastretta