Devon
650HP 2010 Devon GTX unveiled in Pebble Beach: Full Details!
US-based Devon Motorworks has officially revealed the 2010 Devon GTX supercar at the Pebble Beach Concours event in Monterey, California. The exterior of the GTX is finished in carbon fiber and is treated to 18/19-inch 12-spoke aluminum forged monoblock wheels wrapped in Z-rated Michelin Pilot Sport 2 rubber (front/rear, with lug-free center-mounted locking hubs, also available in 19/20-inch combination), a fixed-glass center roof element and three-inch wide trapezoidal chrome dual exhaust tips.
Inside, you will be surrounded with a thick-rimmed, leather-wrapped steering wheel, carbon-fiber reinforced structured seats (incorporating headrests and five point seat belts), dual-grain leather surfacing treatment on the seats and on the center console (soft leather), as well as on the pillars, headliner and door surfaces (coarse leather) and cluster instrumentation on high-definition displays. The GTX also features sensory-touch switches used on the center console. Furthermore, these switches are also used to open the trunk lid, as well as to detach the “gullwing-styled” doors.
The Devon GTX also comes with McIntosh Audio System which is made up of a pair of 6.5-inch midrange speakers (mounted in the doors), and a pair of tweeters. There are also 2.8-inch McIntosh subwoofers in the rear shelf of the car on each side of the amplifier and a McIntosh Mcc406m 6 channel amplifier, which is mounted in the center of the rear shelf between the subwoofers.
The 2010 Devon GTX is motivated by a 8.4 liter V10 powerplant that is good enough to pump out 650HP at 6,100 revs. The aluminium powerplant that is mated to a 6 speed manual transmission (with a single-point mounting system for the shifter assembly that is attached directly to the body structure providing an extremely solid, stiff, and “tunable” unit) features Variable Valve Timing (VVT), strengthened bulkheads and large-sized water jackets to ensure optimal cooling as well as pressed-in iron cylinder liners and cross-bolted main bearing caps to improve strength and durability.
Suspension wise, the front of the American super car is treated a cast-aluminum unequal-length upper and lower “A” arms, high rate coil springs, gas-charged two-way adjustable competition monotube shock absorbers and a high-rate, direct-acting solid 27-mm diameter stabilizer bar. The same treatment is given to the rear as well, adding cast-aluminum toe-control links.
The rear wheel drive supercar is also fitted with a frame-mounted speed-sensing limited slip differential which mechanically manages wheel torque on all surfaces to help improve handling. After the initiation of production, Devon Motorworks will fit a continuously variable damping system with two modes (Tour and Performance). Also to be available, is the adjustable ride height with two settings (via hydraulic, Tour and Performance) as well as a front splitter that extends outward approximately 80mm to improve downforce.
With all that power under the hood, the Devon GTX needs good stopping power. There are six pistons for the front brakes (380mm discs) and four for the rear ones (355mm discs in the rear). The two-piece rotor design reduces weight by one-third compared to a one-piece brake rotor of the same dimensions. The patented, directional AeroRotor vane design induces up to 80% more cooling airflow than the rotors used as original equipment on many high-performance luxury vehicles. This reduces maximum and average operating temperatures, improving pad and rotor life.
The 2010 Devon GTX will go on sale in the first quarter of 2010 and the auto maker plans to roll out 36 units each year. You will have to part with US$ 500,000 for each GTX and there will also be an optional Racing Package that will cost US$ 25,000. Continue reading to view a high-res image gallery and to watch two videos. Read the rest of this entry.
