5 Reasons Why The Devel 16 Is Still Gonna Suck

09 Dec 2015

So yesterday the car world had a small shock in a form of a video of the 4500bhp generated by a V16 engine that belongs to Devel 16. Supposedly the dyno could not handle more horsepower, therefore the promised 5000hp are valid. And don’t forget 3000 Torque the engine produced. No idea whether it was Nm or lb/ft however. Anyway, some may think that this claim will cause the Devel 16 to be the next Hypercar En Masse. It won’t.

1. No history

Reason number 1 is less obvious, but a valid one. The brand has no history which matters A LOT in the market they want to operate. Even the young brands like Koenigsegg and Pagani are there for over 20 years, and both got popular in the last 5-10 years. Nevertheless, both have extraordinary history that demands admiration. What do you know about Devel?

2. Don't judge the book by its cover

I don’t and won’t. Unless they tell me “it is a prototype, the interior will be changed later”, I will have to move to number 3 because I get shaky arms and slight hyperventilation.

3. Drivetrain

What drivetrain? Race car drivers know that the gearbox is maybe even a more important factor than the engine in a car. Not only it has to perform, it also has to be reliable. But before we all speculate, please tell me about the drivetrain specs in the Devel. Right, I don’t know them either. Probably “in development”.

4. Tyres

Even if the drivetrain will survive the 3000 or 5000 horses charging through it to the wheels, and if you won’t be bothered by massive wheelspin to be produced, there are no tyres designed for the claimed top speed of 350mph (560km/h). I mean, really? Do I need to explain all the fascinating facts about the Veyron tyres and you will tell me that there is company that out of nowhere came up with a tyre capable of “slightly more”?

5. 'Murica!

Wait, No, I mean “those cars”. Namely the Venom GT and This. Both of them were built to prove a point. I don’t know which one exactly. Probably something like “we can do it too, even better, faster and maybe cheaper”. But for some reason, they are not that popular as the rest of the hypercar-class field. Probably because they have their own class: one-day-flypercar.

Comments

This smells like another Zenvo ST1 to me,or maybe Caparo T1

Take my upvote for the “one-day-flypercar” :D

I wonder what’s next. I mean, the Veyron had rubbers whose specs were similar to those of an airplane. Will the 16 have tyres with specs similar to those of a space shuttle?

I still think the body looks like a cheap kit car. I know its a prototype, but come on!

and the fact that it looks like it’ll fall apart at 150mph let alone top out a 350mph

Damn whenever there’s something new, someone has to post why it’s going to suck. Everytime!

Some say that nothing is impossible:-)But i still see the problem, for example take the Zenvo st-1 (which actually Got built 2 miles from my House, i have Seen and heard it)But they make a car with Extreme horsepower and Price, they sell only a handfull for the Price Of something Which you would Think is quality and value for the Money. But then our fellow car enthusiast Jeremy, Richard, and James got their Hansa on it and the result is FIRE!!Im only waiting for the new “top gear” to start and the sevel sixteen to be put to the test by the Real testers 😉

Cheat car from video games in real life.. Thats what it is..

I hate to be “that guy,” but who’s to say they didn’t make a one-off engine designed to run once, film a dyno video and say “Uhh…yea! That’s the engine we’re putting in the car!” Every major record breaking car we’ve seen has incorporated some sort of technology we’ve seen before that helped it achieve it’s goals; whether it be from F1, aerospace, etc. This car has literally nothing revolutionary that’ll help it perform, so I highly doubt the first reliable, street friendly drivetrain, brakes and tires to handle 5000hp is gunna debut in a production car.

But then again, we’ve had said drivetrain for 11 years in the Subaru STi.