See my response near the beginning of the thread. PGG is a British company, hence their focus on European cars due to in-house familiarity and ease of access.
I understand that, but they are selling the game here for the Western market and have the game based in the South West. A street racing game of all things. Considering how much detail they gave to Italy and England, their version of Mexico is nearly Disney fantasy. It doesn’t speak true to us American’s and is a big part of why the game isn’t doing so well compared to it predecessors. Too many things wrong with the concept at this point.
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Think about it from a business standpoint. Successful businesses are in the business of maximizing revenue. If you were in charge of a company developing a racing game series that generates massive revenue year after year, would you rock the boat and risk your multimillion-dollar job by spending huge amounts of money to tailor focus the next release of the game on one particular country, including every vehicle?
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me missing the famous mexican lowrider cars
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Pedro Rodriguez blasting around in a NART Ferrari sportscar is part of Ferrari legend.
I wouldn’t necessarily expect car choice to reflect a Mexican theme. It’d be nice if it did but it’s not something I’d necessarily expect.
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It would be difficult to expect a local Mexican model since some brands like Mastretta are already bankrupt and difficult to add to the game.
But I agree with the OP emotionally. In FH3 they added a lot of Australian cars, and in FH4 a lot of British classics.
Then in FH5 I was hoping for a car rooted in Mexican automotive culture, or a model that I imagine when I hear the word Mexico.
For example, an old American pickup or a Mexican-spec Beetle. (For those who say, “The Beatle is already in the game.” So how many Aventador, 991, and 488s are in the game?)
But what actually gets added to the game is a lot of European hypercars/supercars.
Of course these cars are loved by many, but it feels as if this game is set in Italy, not Mexico.
Hopefully more models like the VW Caddy that will be added in Series 8 will be included in future car passes and updates.
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I understand the view that the game may not deliver a domestic feel to some extent, however I strongly side my opinion on the point that “Forza Horizon series will never custom tailor its vehicle lineup to the geographical setting for each version of the game.” The series does not spoil the vibe for me as I interpret FH as an arcade-style gameplay with slightly tweaked driving physics in open-worlds locations consisting of numerous terrain types free to explore. The game is, after all, a made-up music and motor racing festival that moves from country to country with each version. Designing FH’s maps based on the fictional representation of any chosen country does not essentially call for country-based car companies, but the inclusion of local brands would indeed generate a sense of greater enthusiasm and thematic realism.
Mexico is the third global leader in automotive manufacturing, and over the past few decades, many top brands moved considerable parts of their car manufacturing into the country, among them are BMW, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, VW, Toyota, and others. Mexico also has its car brands, including, for instance, DINA, Inferno Exotic Car, Zacua, Solana, VUHL. The list of defunct companies includes Mastretta, Mexicana de Autobuses, S.A. de C.V. (MASA), Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos.
The first VW car sold in Mexico was the 1954 Beetle (yay Vocho). In the early 80s, Mexico and Brazil were the only countries producing the Beetle, so lots of foreign aficionados used to import the car as a collectible. In 2003, the last Vocho Sedán came out from the Puebla factory, and it was given to Pope John Paul II and now resides in the Volkswagen Museum in Germany.
Welcome to the forums, OP!
Interestingly, though, there is a small smile of irony in that of all of the heavily featured EU brands - Ferrari actually did once make a series of cars called the 340 “Mexico”. 
Probably because European cars are the best cars.
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You dont feel the game mexico enough not because of the car list. But the background are all tree. And it is hard to tell the difference between Mexico tree or other tree.
People favor EU cars all over the world(*Expensive cars/highend cars). Not only in EU or UK or Italy.
If the game set in Japan but still the same map design(farcry-style-map-openworld) with trees everywhere without building/landmark. You got the same problem even there is lots of japanese cars.
Given the games setting,the plethora of fords, (even 2 mk1 escorts) the ommision of the ‘Mexico’ in the line up is a little hard to fathom. Sure,you can make the rs1600 look like a Mexico,but why not just put a kosha one in this game?
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