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Unveiled at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, the Dodge Viper-based Devon GTX is the initial product of Devon Motorworks and it was conceived by Swedish designer Daniel Paulin and Devon Motorworks founder Scott Devon.
The noticeable design features of the GTX comes with an aircraft-quality carbon fiber body, "up and forward" articulating doors, two-tone wheel surrounds, minimal front/rear overhangs, dual center exhaust ports and carbon fiber racing seats.
The GTX comes with the 8.4-liter (510 cubic inches) V-10 engine that produces 650 horsepower (484.7 kW) at 6100 rpm and its mated to a six-speed manual transmission.
Former Ford executive engineer Andy Benedict was in charge of the product development for the GTX while assembly and manufacturing are headed by Clive Hawkins, founder of the Aria Group. Dr. Joseph Katz, Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at San Diego State University, supervised the aerodynamic testing for the Devon GTX.
In vehicle validation and testing, courtesy of former 24 Hours of Le Mans champion Justin Bell, the Devon GTX set an unofficial lap record at California's Willow Springs Raceway.
It maybe scheduled to produced in 2010 but recent economic downturns shelved the car's hopes for production.
