Mazda MX-5 GT is the lightest, most powerful MX-5 ever built
Mazda is not joking around and is ready to take on the big guys including Aston Martin, Lotus, Porsche and BMW on the race track with this lightweight Mazda MX-5 GT at the Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship 2011.
Weight in at just 1,870 pounds, the Mazda MX-5 GT features a modified Mazda engine that produces 275-hp, mated to a 6-speed sequential paddle shift gearbox, carbon doors and Polycarbonate windows. That allows it to run from 0 to 60 mph in just 3 seconds with a top speed of 160 mph.
This is basically the lightest and most powerful MX-5 ever built.
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Jota Sport, the race engineering team that will run the cars in the 2011 series, took 400 hours to build the shell to a specification that ensured it was 17 times stronger than required by the FIA. It also features mandatory FIA approved safety equipment including a roll cage, race seats and harness, external electric cut-off and fire extinguisher, safety catches on the hood and boot lids, competition steering wheel and alloy wheels.
We want a limited road-going version – NOW!
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– By: Omar Rana
