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American supercar to attack Nurburgring lap record

These are the first pictures of the production ready Devon Motor Works GTX supercar.

The GTX, which is due to go on sale next year, is being funded by businessman Scott Devon.

See the Devon Motor Works GTX official and spy photos

Although little information has been released about the car ahead of its Pebble Beach Concours unveiling later this week, its makers have announced that they will be chasing the Nurburgring production car lap record with it.

To this end, it has hired endurance racer Justin Bell, son of Le Mans legend Derek, to undertake the bulk of the development driving.

The Nurburgring's production lap record is currently held by Radical's SR8, which lapped in 6min 55sec.

Although unconfirmed, reports suggest the car will have over 650bhp and an ultra-light carbonfibre body. It also has a distinctive glass roof section, demonstrating the car hasn't been designed purely with track work in mind.

The interior is said to be close to production ready, and mixes a state-of-the-art electronic dashboard with a gearlever that harks back to the 1970s muscle car era.

The car has been designed by Daniel Paulin, the man responsible for the Fab 1 Thunderbird and the Focus C-MAX concepts for Ford.

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