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We brought this on ourselves.
Yesterday we asked whether it was time for the Nurburgring obsession to end. Today, not only have we seen the new Radical SR8LM - the lightweight aiming to break the ’Ring's production car lap record - but now Devon Motor Works has shown us a bunch more images of its GTX supercar, which is shortly to take a shot at the very same record.
We first reported on the Devon GTX back in early June, and we still don't know a whole lot more about it. Apart from the fact that it's going to be fast - as we suspected, it'll be powered by a Dodge Viper-sourced 8.4-litre V10 putting out over 650bhp.
Last week, Devon claimed to have set a new production lap record around Laguna Seca, recording a time of 1m35.075s around the 2.2-mile Californian raceway.
That's quick stuff, but only one-tenth of a second quicker than the Dodge Viper ACR lapped the track last year. All other things being equal, then, you'd expect the GTX to lap the 14-mile Nurburgring around a second quicker than the Viper.
The Viper ACR lapped the Nurburgring in 7m22s. The Radical's record, just to remind you, is 6m55s. Better get a wriggle on, Devon...
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Zonda-R commented on this article
at 03:50 pm on 12 August 2009
that`s cool
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Twister commented on this article
at 04:32 pm on 12 August 2009
see Devon, dont bother going round the nurburgring because wee don't want our time wasted
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Nikfam commented on this article
at 06:32 pm on 12 August 2009
Viper is the best designed and styled American GT. Someone agree?
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M.G.H commented on this article
at 09:25 pm on 12 August 2009
well it's not what you could call a LOOKER!!
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Acrimony commented on this article
at 10:43 pm on 12 August 2009
8.4 Litre V10 that is already known to have cooling problems in the Viper, put into a car with very little airflow both onto the radiator and into the engine intake. I think it will be lucky to make it around the ring.
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