Devon Motor Works GTX Sets Laguna Seca Record

Devon Motor Works and it's GTX supercar in the news again - this time for a record break. In case you're unfamiliar, Devon Motor Works is a small American company aiming to produce the world's fastest supercar. Quite a tall order there!

In June, the company made a big play. Due to Chrysler's financial condition, a group of selleable assets were marked for sale to raise cash. The "Viper brand" was one of those assets deemed by Chrysler as worthy to sell. Turns out Devon Motor Works was the only bidder, with it's lowball offer of $5.5 million.

That amount included everything - the name, tooling, leasing of the Viper's Conner Avenue assembly plant. Needless to say, Chrysler turned down the offer, and now is going to be continuing production of the Viper. After this, Devon Motor Works gained a lot of attention - so it was a smart move either way.

Devon is still keeping a lot of the information about the car under wraps ahead of the reveal, but they have released the car's lap time. The GTX was taken around the Laguna Seca racetrack and achieved a time of 1:35.075 - what Devon is claiming as the fastest for any production car.

I have a few reservations about the test - it was conducted by Devon around on a closed track and it's very close to previous records - but it's still impressive regardless. The car's reveal isn't far away, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is just around the corner! Going to be a great show!