A wild dream of British automaker about an X20-engined supercar

DREAM Car We are always happy to share information regarding concept vehicles that are planned to be launched in the future. Regardless of whether the concept vehicle will succeed in showing its real form and being presented to the automotive world audience or not. Why is that? Because in our opinion, by conveying a concept vehicle design, it has at least given us what a little persfective about future vehicles being made by designers.

The Trident Iceni Magna sportscar was one car model produced by BDI's subsidiary, Trident Sports Car Ltd. back in the 2014. (Picture from: Supercars.net)

As quoted of Road&Track, in early 2021, Bevan Davidson International (BDI), a British automotive engineering company had stired up the world's automotive while was preparing a controversial engine design that had never existed for car before, called the Villiers X20, and if completed later will be used in the next supercar made by BDI's subsdiary, Connaught Motor Company.

The Connaught Type D GT Syracuse sportscar was one car model produced by BDI's subsidiary, Connaught Motor Company back in the 2004. (Picture from: ConnaughtMotorCompany)

The company is headed by Phil Bevan, a longtime motorhead who has been designing and making cars since 1969, including the almost-there vehicles from Trident. BDI also owns Connaught, Villiers and many other marques and also produced a 2.0litre V10 engine of Tim Bishop for their proposed Type-D GT Syracuse sports car.

The next Connaught Motor Company supercar is projected to be used the new developed Villiers X20 engine. (Picture from: ConnaughtMotorCompany)

Then Connaught have tentative plans to create a new supercar powered by a X20 4.0litre engine coupled with a 6-speed manual transmission system. As revealed by the company through its official website which states that its X20 engine configuration can simply be described as two V10 motors mated horizontally.

The next Connaught Motor Company supercar is projected to be used the new developed Villiers X20 engine. (Picture from: ConnaughtMotorCompany)

Each engine will be connected via a different gear at each end with an incorporated torque vibration damper. Power is sent through the central output shaft to the clutch and gearbox. Thus the engine will have a total of twenty exhausts, ten each with five on the top and five on the bottom per side. The engine can spin up to 10,000 rpm, which of course will also produce extraordinary sound.

The engine will be wide but will be very low and compact vertically, which is said to help reduce the center of gravity once installed in the vehicle. The company also said it had a mocked-up engine for evaluation even though it wasn't running yet. Its intention was to develop the concept engine into a working prototype eventually adapting it to run a turbocharged injection system to maximize power levels.

Here's a mockup power unit and transaxle of Villiers X20 engine configuration developed by Bevan Davidson International . (Picture from: VilliersEngineering)

Then how much power will produce? These two 2.0-liter engines mated together make for a 4.0-liter displacement, and 40 valves in total, are said to be able to churn out 400 horses without forced induction. And according to BDI, then this engine is perfectly matched to a Lamborghini Gallardo six-speed manual transmission.

These two 2.0-liter engines mated together make for a 4.0-liter displacement, and 40 valves in total, and are said to be able to churn out 400 horses without forced induction. (Picture from: VilliersEngineering)

No details have been released yet related this X20 engine, however the company is now planning to launch several modular versions of the 20-cylinder engine, as well as the Connaught's supercar engine, under the Villiers brand. Furthermore the Bevan Davidson International also said that there is a V3, V5, V6, V8, V12 derivatives of the engine, in total 18 projects being worked by then.

So far, the project isn't finished yet, and one could argue that a 20 cylinder engine in itself is nothing new because versions are used in locomotives (the diesel variety), large trucks as well as in boats and such, but for passenger cars are still more far-fetched theory. One thing that we really hope for from this project if it is successfully realized later is to be able to hear its roar while turned it on. Let's wait and see. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | TRIDENTSPORTSCAR | CONNAUGHTMOTORCOMPANY | VILLIERSEMGINEERING | ROAD&TRACK | THEDRIVE | HOTCARS | ID.MOTOR1 ]

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