staff@slashgear.com (Mark Cowley)
2024-04-18 13:30:59
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Another underrated American supercar that slipped under many enthusiasts’ radars, the Mosler MT900S was the brainchild of investor and entrepreneur Warren Mosler. His eponymous car brand had been around for years before the MT900 was unveiled in 2001, gaining infamy in American endurance racing circles for being dominant in competition. So dominant, in fact, that every racing series that Mosler attempted to enter eventually banned the manufacturer for being too good.
The MT900 was built in two forms: the MT900R was the racing version of the car, while the MT900S was the roadgoing variant. The car was, in all forms, scarily fast, with an LS1 V8 engine hiding under the car’s low-slung bodywork. At launch, the car made 350 horsepower, good for a 3.5 second 0-60 mph time, but later LS7-equipped variants made 550 horsepower. If that still wasn’t enough, an aftermarket tuner, Intense Automotive Design, claimed to have built a 2,500 horsepower variant of the car.
Despite the Mosler’s seemingly uncapped performance potential, it never sold well. Mosler wound down his supercar business in 2012 having not sold a single car for two years, with at least one unsold MT900 still left in the factory. Today, the MT900 remains a rare exotic, occasionally appearing at auction where it sells for a fraction of its original retail price.
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