Showing posts with label devon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label devon. Show all posts

Saturday, March 16, 2013

Forza Motorsport 4: 2010 Devon GTX

The Dashing Debonair

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.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Forza Horizon: Devon GTX reward

Gone for a scavenger hunt


This is the fourth out of the five Season Pass bonus cars offered on Forza Horizon and the Devon GTX is the Season Pass bonus car for the month of February. Although not a huge fan of this car probably because economic downturns and recessions killed the hopes of producing the Viper-based supercar, the Devon GTX is just one of the supercars that are not desperately impractical. Besides, the V10 engine really packs a lot of punch and that gut-wrenching performance on the Devon GTX really gives you a POW right in the kisser! POW RIGHT IN THE KISSER! POW RIGHT IN THE KISSER!! Okay, okay, kinda enough about that bit...