Mastretta Unidiseño

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Mastretta MXA
Image:Mastretta.jpg
Manufacturer	Mastretta
Production	1998-2000
Successor	Mastretta MXT
Class	MR Kit-Car Coupé
Body style(s)	2-door Coupé
Engine(s)	1585i H4, 45 bhp (34 kW/46 PS)
Transmission(s)	4-gear manual
Length	4,300 mm (169.3 in)
Width	1,700 mm (66.9 in)
Height	1,390 mm (54.7 in)
Curb weight	900 kg (1,984 lb)
Fuel capacity	40 L (11 US gal/9 imp gal)
Related	Volkswagen Beetle
Designer	Daniel Mastretta

The Mastretta Unidiseño was a Kit-car coupé designed and manufactured by Mexican Kit-car maker Unidiseño. Unidiseño was created around 1996 by Daniel Mastretta, Mexican designer. Unidiseño usually manufactures metropolitan peseros and buses. However, Mastretta was interested in the world of kit-cars so he created his own car. He took the chassis of the popular Volkswagen Beetle and made a fibreglass body, with a similar design to that of the Chevrolet Corvette and the Ferrari 360.

Despite the sports car image, the engine remained the same 44 bhp (33 kW/45 PS) of the Beetle so the top speed of this car is 145 km/h (90 mph). This is the only car produced by Unidiseño and was sold in Germany and in the United States.