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Sad: Devon Motor Works Closes

Another small operation starts, only to close. With Devon Motor Works though, it isn’t because the company ran out of cash. Back in the dark days of summer 2008, with Chrysler heading toward bankruptcy, Devon Motor Works made an offer for Viper while Chrysler was attempting to sell it. Being a lowball offer of only $5.5 million, [...]

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VIDEO: Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Around Laguna Seca

News about the Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR’s record-setting Laguna Seca run just came out. The Devon Motor Works GTX held the last record, with it scarcely beating the Viper SRT10 ACR’s time. Now a video has come out from the cockpit of the car as it goes around for the record-breaking lap. It is narrated a [...]

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Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Sets Laguna Seca Record

The United States really doesn’t have a supercar equivalent to the likes of Ferrari and Lamborghini. The Corvette and Corvette ZR1 are perhaps the best examples, as well as the Dodge Viper. The latter is a heavy part of a project that does aim to provide an American supercar – the Devon Motor Works GTX. It [...]

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Viper Production To End in 2010, New Model Coming in 2012

At today’s marathon six-hour long briefing on the future of Chrysler, perhaps the biggest news we haven’t heard before was information about the future of Viper. The car’s future has been in doubt over the past year. Prior to bankruptcy, Chrysler deemed it as one of the assets it had worth selling. No buyers were found [...]

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The Devon Motorworks GTX Is Official

The much-anticipated GTX from Devon Motorworks (that’s actually the correct punctuation) was shown live today at Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Along with new pictures (cue the overwhelming applause), Devon has put out a press release now containing all the important information about the car. Say hello to the “American supercar”! Devon joins the list of American [...]

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Viper Getting a Fiat-Sourced V10?

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Viper Lives On: Chrysler Apparently Not Selling

Well this one is a surprise! Chrysler’s latest announcement is good news for performance enthusiasts and fans of the Viper sportscar. When Chrysler began to run into serious financial problems and began seeking governmental help (which it received), the company opted to sell all it’s valuable assets in a bid to stay afloat. The “Viper [...]

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Devon GTX Spied

Well, what do you know – I could see this one coming! Devon Motor Works’ new supercar, the GTX, has been caught testing. Back when the company made it’s low-ball $5.5 million offer for the Viper brand, I said it would be a win-win for the company whether they succeeded with the bid or not. Either [...]

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Dodge Viper Moves to “Good Chrysler”

As you probably know, Chrysler (well the good parts anyway) have emerged out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and the partnership deal with Fiat has been completed. Pre-bankruptcy and during bankruptcy, Chrysler publicly stated that it was attempting to sell the Dodge Viper line to another company. It then emerged that the only official bidder was Devon Motor [...]

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Devon Motor Works GTX

In all the hubbub of the bankruptcies, corporate chatter and Devon Motor Work’s bid for Chrysler’s (Dodge) Viper I missed something very interesting. What is that? Devon Motor Works itself!  They are a American company aiming to produce a sports car. They’ve introduced renderings of the car they plan on producing, dubbed the GTX. What’s not clear is what they intend [...]

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