First Ride: Devon GTX hopes to be an American Ferrari 599
Sep 26, 2009 | 01:51 PM
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First Ride: Devon GTX hopes to be an American Ferrari 599 From Autoblog.com
"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.
Walking into a room accessorized with two Devon GTX supercars, it's easy to think you are actually in a gallery. The cars are sculpture. When spy shots first showed that the finished car looked just like the earlier renderings, we were grateful. The styling tends to be polarizing, but we like it. When Scott Devon first saw the sketches, they had such an impact on him that he says he knew he had to build it.
While many supercars of the modern era follow a fairly predictable formula, Daniel Paulin's design takes both a step and a look back. With curves aplenty, the GTX emulates the coachwork you might see coming out of the great Italian design houses. That could be because Paulin is Swedish, and Scandinavians know a little something about curvy bodies. The shape is an odd blend of Euro panache with American muscle that somehow works really well in person."
Rest of the article here -- >> First Ride: Devon GTX hopes to be an American Ferrari 599 — Autoblog
"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.
Walking into a room accessorized with two Devon GTX supercars, it's easy to think you are actually in a gallery. The cars are sculpture. When spy shots first showed that the finished car looked just like the earlier renderings, we were grateful. The styling tends to be polarizing, but we like it. When Scott Devon first saw the sketches, they had such an impact on him that he says he knew he had to build it.
While many supercars of the modern era follow a fairly predictable formula, Daniel Paulin's design takes both a step and a look back. With curves aplenty, the GTX emulates the coachwork you might see coming out of the great Italian design houses. That could be because Paulin is Swedish, and Scandinavians know a little something about curvy bodies. The shape is an odd blend of Euro panache with American muscle that somehow works really well in person."
Rest of the article here -- >> First Ride: Devon GTX hopes to be an American Ferrari 599 — Autoblog
Sep 26, 2009 | 07:50 PM
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I absolutely love it. I see a lot of lines from the Dodge Viper but more modern and stylized. The engineering that went into this thing is top-notch and I think it will more than surprise a lot of people when some journo's get their hands on one.
Yup, I'm a big fan.
Yup, I'm a big fan.
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