If you guys will remember, awhile back we talked about the Garlic Bread Baron who offered to buy Viper from Chrysler Motor Corp. Well it just happens to be that the infamous Garlic Bread Baron goes by the name of Mr. Devon and he owns a little company called Devon Motorworks. In case you are not familiar with them they are the master minds behind the GTX which is the lovely beauty you see to the left… the car not the woman. Although I must say their taste in both is impeccable. Just look at this beautifully designed car.
So what is the GTX? Well it’s exactly what it appears to be. A Dodge Viper with a body kit… or not really. That’s like saying a full on Saleen is just another Mustang. Take a look at the video below and see what I mean.
So we’ve established that it looks sexy as hell. So what about power? We’ll all we’ve got to go on is a rumored 650 ponies. Not too shabby considering the base Viper V-10 is pushing out just 510 horse power and 530 ft.lbs torque.
Beneath the skin of the Devon GTX is an 8.4-liter (510 cubic inches) V-10 engine that produces 650 horsepower (484.7 kW) at 6100 rpm. The V-10 engine is mated with a track-proven six-speed manual transmission.
- Devon Motors
Deveon didn’t stop there, the entire body is made from ultra lightweight aircraft grade carbon fiber. So that’s a combo that put the GTX in the books at Laguna Seca. Don’t believe it? Here’s more video proof below.
The GTX isn’t just a boy racer though. It’s a full on super car as is apparent by it’s price. a whopping $500,000 dollars. Yes you read that right that’s 5 zeros. And for a half million dollars Devon Motors has got to deliver the goods and it appears they do with some trick stuff like fold a away gauge cluster and “sensory touch switchwork” that replaces mundane things like door handles and knobs. I’m not exactly sure what “sensory touch stichworks is” but I’ll bet it translates roughly as “expensive” in English.
The Devon GTX is – on one hand – a race-inspired performance car, offering a 650-horsepower engine and a complimentary transmission and induction/exhaust system that will make it the most powerful naturally aspirated production powertrain system on the market today. On the other hand, the vehicle’s muscular shape represents a new expression of modern industrial design, blending both classic and futuristic cues to warn of the awesome power that exists within its shape.
- Devon Motors
It may be expensive but it appears you get a lot of techy gadgety stuff for that half million price tag and seeing as how Devon Motors is only building 36 GTX’s per year they shouldn’t have any problems finding some ex-hedge fund managers to buy them.
So it may be just another toy for the rich, but I’ll guarantee that little kids all over the U.S. will be hanging posters of what promises to be the next American super car. Not a bad first try from the upstart underdog, but if I could offer a few words of advice, the next Devon Mortors car needs to be an all Devon Motors car not a re-skinned something else. Source the motor that cool, but build the car yourself.
With that I’ll leave you with a bit more car porn courtsey of Devon Motors.
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This is what the Chrysler Crossfire should have been.
Amen! I never really liked the crossfire myself.