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2015 VUHL 05

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VUHL05

The 05 — Mexican minimalism for the world's track days.

Discover the story

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A defining chapter in VUHL history.

Explore the ideas, engineering and context that shaped the VUHL 05, then continue into its specifications and place in the marque's lineage.

2017 Race of Champions - Ryan Hunter-Reay

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Origins

Brothers Iker and Guillermo Echeverria launched the VUHL 05 in 2015: an open-top, windscreen-free track weapon in the Atom-and-Radical idiom — aluminium monocoque, Ford EcoBoost 2.0 turbo, around 690 kilograms — designed in Mexico City, engineered with international suppliers, and aimed squarely at the global lightweight niche rather than domestic symbolism. The 05RR upgrade brought Focus RS power and sub-2.7-second acceleration claims; exports reached Europe and the Gulf, with the car homologated for road use in key markets. Production stayed boutique by design. Alongside Mastretta's MXT, the 05 announced a Mexican performance-engineering scene: globally fluent, unapologetically niche, and competitive on merit in the most physics-honest segment there is. The brothers' background in industrial design shows in every machined detail — a product, not a project.

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The facts that define it.

Engine

EcoBoost 2.3 L turbocharged

Designer

Iker Echeverria

Body

2-door coupe
2017 Race of Champions - Ryan Hunter-Reay

The 05, in detail.

Class
Sports car
Body style
2-door coupe
Layout
Rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
Engine
EcoBoost 2.3 L turbocharged
Designer
Iker Echeverria
Assembly
Querétaro, Mexico
Manufacturer
VUHL