A new track-focused, road-legal supercar from Mexican manufacturer Vuhl – the VUHL o5 – will launch at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Most fail to get beyond CAD renderings of their dream, but a new Supercar company from Mexico – Vuhl – has the help of established automotive industry names like Ford and Magna Steyr, and they’re promising to reveal their new car – the VUHL 05 – at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed in July.
Vuhl (which stands for Vehicles of Ultra- lightweight and High-performance) is the dream of brothers Iker and Guillermo Echeverria whose design agency, Etxe, penned the Vuhl 05, inspired by the exploits of their father – Guillermo Echeverria senior – in GT and formula racing cars over a thirty year period.
The Vuhl o5 will join a select band of Mexican Supercars when it debuts at Goodwood (until when we only have the Mastretta MXT, recently reviewed by Richard Hammond on Top Gear) and it must have a fighting chance of delivering something worthwhile with the backing of serious automotive players, and funding from the Mexican Government.
We’re assuming the Vuhl 05 is going to be in the style of that other track-focused supercar built by a pair of brothers – the BAC Mono – which will give the Vuhl 05 much to live up to. Ot it could be something else completely; Vuhl aren’t saying.
But Iker Echeverria did say:
We intend VUHL products to be renowned for their effective simplicity and aesthetics guided by a purity of function. The 05 and its successors will also be notable for uncompromising build quality, rigorous attention to detail and a driving experience par excellence.
All will be revealed at Goodwood in July.
Benito Camela says
So I guess we humans should have never gone to the Moon since we’d never been there before. What stupid narrow-minded and ignorant thinking yours is. Mexico is the world’s 5th largest automobile producer and graduates more engineers than the US. They also said the same thing about Mastretta, which was just reviewed by Top Gear.
Dave Price says
You are quite right to criticize my comment! It was just to make the point that many have tried to make a supercar and failed even with lots of experience. I hope they succeed and I look forward to seeing the Vuhl at Goodwood.
Dave Price says
The Vuhl might have backing but that doesn’t mean it’s ever get beyond a ‘Concept’. What experience do these Mexicans have in building supercars? None.