While the whole automotive world is scrambling to greenify everything they can find, some brands act like they did not receive the memo. Hennessey Performance is among them, and the Hennessey Velociraptor 1000 is a near-1000 hp monster truck that eats convention for breakfast.
Hypercars push the top-speed ceiling a step up every time a new model is released. Now, with the release of the all-new Hennessey Venom F5, the 300 mph (or 482 kph) mark is about to be conquered. Just like the Venom GT that came before it, the Hennessey Venom F5 aims at the crown for the fastest production car.
The Hennessey Venom GT clocked 435.31 kph on February 14th, 2014 on the Shuttle Landing Runway at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. This made the Venom GT the fastest production car, but with no official Guinness world record. Seven years after its introduction, Hennessey has decided to let the curtain fall on this Lotus Exige-based speed monster, but not without a bang.
If you thought the 707 hp Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat was a touch too wild, American-tuner Hennessey, makers of the renowned Venom GT, has had a go at it, and taken its power ratings to 4-digits.
For people out there who think the Dodge Charger Hellcat’s 707 hp isn’t enough, Hennessey has come up with HPE850 package, which boosts power up to 852 hp. The same package was released last month for the Challenger Hellcat as well.
Hennessey are at it again and they have just released footage of their version of the 2014 Chevrolet SS hitting 262 kph on a road in Texas, USA.
Over the years, we’ve known Hennessey to be the tuner who strives hard to push out every bit of craziness from their set of chosen vehicles. And they certainly don’t disappoint with their newly tuned McLaren MP4-12C.
It was only last week that Hennessey had laid an unofficial claim for the World’s fastest production car title with its Venom GT, after it hit a top speed of 427.6 kph (265.7 mph). However, it has now brought to light that the previous record holder, Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, may have had an unfair advantage.