A new supercar was recently revealed Genty Automobile and it true
to its boastful teasers, the car, called the Akylone, is promising a whole lot
of performance capabilities. Genty Automobile is an independent French design
company that seeks to produce high performance vehicles that go back to the
basics of optimum power encased in a lightweight design. Their first offering
is the Akylone, a supercar Genty is claiming to be a serious threat in the
industry’s uber-competitive "supercar arms-race".
Despite being officially revealed, the Akylone appears to still be
far from a finished product, which is a real bummer considering that we were
expecting much more than just CAD renderings.
The Akylone looks and resembles what you’d expect from
a start-up supercar. It comes plush with expensive materials - carbon fiber and
aluminum, among them - to go with a swooping front fascia, a steeply raked
roofline, a pair of scissor doors, an enormous rear diffuser, and all the bells
and whistles - like LED daytime running lights - of a concept supercar.
Meanwhile, the interior of the Akylone doesn’t appear to be
finished yet, although you could make out a few elements that you’d expect to
be in the final version, including the sports seats, an elaborate infotainment
system, and a wide center console.
The Akylone is powered by a 4.8-liter V8 engine that produces in
excess of 1,000 horsepower and 940 lb-ft of torque while being connected to a
seven-speed sequential transmission.
The numbers translate to the Akylone hitting 0-62 mph in just 2.7
seconds, 0-124 mph in 7.2 seconds, and 0-183 mph in 14 seconds, a time that is
0.6 seconds faster than the current king of production cars, the Veyron Super
Sport. As for top speed, Genty is looking at 220 mph.
