New American supercar Devon aiming to break Nurburgring record

PanterroR · Jun 2, 2009

Late last week it was revealed that Chrysler has only received one serious bid for its Dodge Viper business, which has been up for sale since last August. Even with the car’s instant recognizability, street cred and stunning performance, the entire business - including a 392,000 square foot assembly plant - could only muster a low-ball figure of $5.5 million.

That figure was offered by American motorsports company Devon Motorworks (DMW), which hoped to use the plant to build its very own supercar, the GTX. While not much is known about the GTX, purchasing the Viper business would have allowed DMW to base the car around the renowned Viper platform.

We should know much more about the GTX this August as a prototype is scheduled to be unveiled that same month at the Pebble Beach Concours. Our first look at the car, however, will come this July when the company will attempt to break the world lap record for a production car at the Nurburgring.

What we know so far is that the car’s design is being handled by noted Swedish designer and former Ford employee Daniel Paulin. Previewed here in these official computer generated renderings, Paulin's new design language gives the GTX a classical yet futuristic line. The interior of the GTX will appear Spartan but will be packed with high-tech gear. There will be plenty of retro touches as well, including the gear lever and white gear knob.

Source: New American supercar aiming to break Nurburgring record - [Devon Motorworks GTX] - MotorAuthority - Car news, reviews, spy shots

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Gullwing · Jun 2, 2009

Need to see it from more angles, but it looks pretty good... for the most part.

Bartek S. · Sep 26, 2009

First Ride: Devon GTX hopes to be an American Ferrari 599

When news of the Devon GTX first wafted our way, we didn't know what to think of it. Another bit of pretty vaporware being shown to attract investors? Another pet project from some megalomaniac with dreams of grandeur? Another American supercar boasting record-breaking performance with nothing but hot air to back up its claims? Or was it the real deal? Could Scott Devon and his team actually pull it off – could they deliver on the promise of building a truly great American supercar that could equal the world's finest?

Early reports showed that the Devon GTX would have the same power-to-weight ratio as the Ferrari Enzo with 650 horsepower propelling its 3,000 pounds, but the actual benchmark, we would later learn, was the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano. When the first pre-production car went out and set the production car lap record at Laguna Seca, it looked like they might not be bluffing about the numbers. And seeing the same car attract more than its fair share of attention from the highly jaded cognoscenti on the concept lawn at Pebble Beach made us think they might not be crazy after all. So did they pull it off? Did Devon actually succeed in building a car that could rival Maranello's front-engined supercar? We stopped by Aria Group, the Irvine-based specialty manufacturing facility that will be handling Devon production to find out. Follow the jump to see if the Devon GTX might just be the real thing.