12 August 2009 - 14:00
It’s another ’Ring contender
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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see Devon, dont bother going round the nurburgring because wee don't want our time wasted
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Viper is the best designed and styled American GT. Someone agree?
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well it's not what you could call a LOOKER!!
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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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OMG MAN ARE YOU JOKING OR SOMETHING???? its gorgeous!!! comon someone agree with me!
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I like the way this car looks Alfa-man :-) I don't care how fast it goes around the Nurburgring though
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ya i hear ya! who cares about how fast it is. its just a great bit of eye candy :) thanks for agreein Isaac
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I have to agree too... looks mint!!
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I have to agree it looks spectacular with those doors and wheels. But my problem is the name, can you imagine in a conversation, "Yeah, I've got a Devon."
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the car looks amazing it dont matter if cant goe 250mph but if this pulled up side a gumpert apollo you would choose this for looks
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Erm..... I don't care how fast it goes found the ring and I don't think its very good looking either. Sorry.
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well good for you :P lol
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go to the third pic of the 'more pics' section. tvr sagaris anyone? also the 'I've got a devon' thing, that would be great. also 650bhp? from 8.4 litres? surely there should be a little more..... or could it be cooling issues? as already pointed out ofcourse
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It looks quite mental, like a cross between a TVR, Viper and Corvette but with chavtastic doors! Can't see it beating the Radical which is basically a Go-Kart.
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12 August 2009
that`s cool
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