MEXICAN SUPERCAR? THE MASTRETTA MXT

We can't have it, but it's probably what makes us even more curious about it. What you're looking at here is Mexico's Mastretta MXT (built by Mastretta Design), a beautifully sculpted little sports car that's a ball of energy. The structure of the vehicle is like that of any proper supercar and is made of bonded aluminum. The mid engine sportscar will be limited to only 150 cars per year and will be poweredy by a 200 horsepower, 2.3 liter four engine similar to that of a the Camry.

Mastretta designs all sorts of stuff, from buses to oil bottles. Their vehicular expertise has been honed by producing a handsome Beetle-based coupe, as well as a dune buggy-esque "fun car." Moving off the old VW Type 1 architecture, a faux '62 'Vette was worked up with a custom chassis ready to accept GM components.



Mastretta also pulled it all together on the nuts and bolts side and put the designs into series production, so they've also got the practical engineering chops to bring vehicles to fruition. This nectarine-hued creation will drop off the branch in Q1 of 2008, after its formal debut at the Mexico City Auto Show in December of this year.