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Autoblog occasionally gives me flash-backs, as they have with their blog on the Devon GTX.
The California-based design studio and upstart automaker created the GTX as an American answer to the ultra-exclusive sports cars hailing from Europe. Housed within the steel structure and carbon fiber body lies an 8.4-liter V10 putting 650 hp (at 6,100 rpm) to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual gearbox.
But credulity has its price:
Devon plans to produce 36 cars each year, carrying a price tag of $500,000, with a racing package commanding another $25,000.
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New shell on a Viper. Right?
that’s exactly what I was going to ask…isn’t this just a really ugly, expensive Viper? I mean…is there a compelling reason to not (if so inclined) buy a Viper ACR and save some 400k.
Assuming that the Devon Vaporware GTX is even equivalent-or-higher-performance than the Viper, certainly a small portion of the 400k could be used to improve the Viper’s performance considerably, should that be the desired goal. (or, you know…buy a couple other 200k cars)
Seems rather silly but as a tinkerer and former back yard mechanic I think making cars like this would be a lot more fun than trying to run GM, Chrysler, VW, etc.
There is one thing you’d never be able to do with a Viper, even with those kinds of funds – make it light. You could get a carbon-fibre body, strip the interior and insulation, install bucket seats, get lighter wheels… And you’d still weigh more than this thing. Lightness cost money (unless you are buying an economy car or a Elise).
JEC
Something is worth exactly as much as someone will pay for it.
I doubt that there are 36 people willing to pay $500,000 for this car. There’s a whole lot of choice in that price range. And if there is a ready market (in this economy no less), I bet you’d have a hard time finding the NEXT 36 customers.
I know: the GTX is for people who find Ferraris common, blah, blah, blah. I’ve heard that countless times (Fisker Tramonto anyone?), in advance of a some small volume maker going Tango Uniform.
For every Pagani (95 cars over ten years) and Koeniggsegg, there are a dozen aspiring supercar makers who didn’t make it. And those are the one who actually brought a car to market.
Pure automotive ambrosia!
And this will likely be one of those others…
Fisker did it somewhat right, because he got the styling right. Pagani’s biggest coup was his styling, also… although by creating his company to specialize in carbon-fiber work for outsiders, and by using the best mechanicals possible, he’s reportedly made cars that are… *gasp*… reliable, also.
It’s all in the style. And this car doesn’t have much of it. I don’t even know if it’s as poster-worthy as the Viper… actually.
At a first glance that looks like an Alfa badge in front of that thing. Sure not pretty looking like Alfa’s usually are.