Exterior and Interior
Design-wise, 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.
Performance
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, which is far from the Veyron Super Sport’s 267-mph top speed, but still worth its weight in supercar figures.
Pricing
No word yet on how much an Akylone will cost. Genty is targeting around
15 models being built in its factory in France with one set to be displayed at the Paris Motor Show next year.
Competition
Genty Automobile has made its intentions known as to who its targeting in the industry. Whether or not it can give the Bugatti Veyron a serious run for its money will all depend on how its testing and development goes over the next few months. It’s easy to talk a big game now, but if you only have numbers and CAD renderings to back up your words, well, that certainly doesn’t mean a whole lot unless the Akylone’s bite is as threatening as Genty Automobile’s bark.