Thanks to its twin Garrett turbochargers, the modified Viper doubles the output of the standard model’s V10 with a final figure of 1000hp (746kW) and 1100 ft-lbs of torque, making it one of the most powerful road-registered cars in the world.
Other notable mentions include a Ruf Rt12, Mercedes-Benz McLaren SLR, a Lamborghini Murcielago, and a Lingenfelter supercharged Corvette.
Reader Comments
Tue Jul 31 2007 12:14 PM
Aaron says
How many of his customer's cars did Hennessey have to rape in order to piece together this one Veyron beating car? How long will this car run at 200 before it self destructs?
Tue Jul 31 2007 1:19 PM
Gus says
Don't be a hater.
If it beat it, it beat it.
Tue Jul 31 2007 5:24 PM
001 says
they didn't push the Veyron to the limit, Veyron can go under 20 sec 0-200mph
Tue Jul 31 2007 10:10 PM
HECTOR says
I'm with Gus on this one. For all I know it was a fair test. But this just goes to show what I have always said: wth enough tuning you can turn a Corolla into a Ferrari beating monster.
Tue Jul 31 2007 10:40 PM
drew says
Hector that could be the dumbest thing i have ever heard , please dont always say that anymore. :0
Tue Jul 31 2007 11:10 PM
mug says
what's the point to be the fastest on a straight road? raw powerful without control can be very dangerous.
Wed Aug 1 2007 2:09 AM
Damien says
Aaron, what makes you say the car won't last too long at 200mph? I know for a fact that the Hennessey Viper runs very mild boost and develops its peak output at relatively low revs.
001, I doubt they would have held back on the Veyron. What would they have to lose? I suspect the hot air temps would have something to do with the lower figure, but that means the Viper could be quicker still.
mug, How do you know the car can't handle? I'm sure it won't have the added traction of the AWD but i'm sure there would be plenty of suspension and handling mods. Just look at those rear tires. They look HUGE. Same power and RWD, it still out-accelerated the AWD Veyron.. obviously there's some level of control.
Fri Aug 3 2007 12:47 PM
Lekk says
Ok now throw $75,000 of mods in the Veyron and get back to me....A lot of time and money went into making the Veyron stable at 250mph+ I doubt that Viper feels very stable after 200mph.
Sat Aug 4 2007 5:28 AM
sak says
Too bad there are no major mods for a veyron dumba$$
And by the way not too many cars street legal can run at 200mph constantly so aaron shove it...
It beat it guys plain and simple, deal with it
Sat Aug 4 2007 5:13 PM
shane says
sak is right, the veyron is pretty much modded to the top. they made it that way.
the most u can put into it is a better air filter. lol.
well, im into cars yes, i was amazed when i saw the video of the veryron racing that plane halfway across the counrty.
but i dont know a lot, vipers are fun, yes they are a dream car.
but im more of a drifter. i drive just a regular '96 3000 gt.
nothing special.
but in my limited knowledge, i do know that the viper does have horrible handling, even at 60 mph. i dont know much about the veyron, ive only seen a few videos.
but this is indeed a very reasonable argument.
Sun Aug 5 2007 2:25 AM
shane says
hey, heres something for ya. go on you tube, and look up (now idk the exact name, so you'll have to browse a lil bit) top gear. that bitish comedian guy has a breakdown of both the vipir (not the same one, but a vipir) and of the veyron. look it up, there long. but its a real good insight to this argument here
Tue Aug 7 2007 5:48 PM
tedward says
Arguing through comment forms is infantile. Trade emails and keep your clutter off the internet.
Wed Aug 8 2007 12:43 PM
Kete says
is the viper street legal? no? thant its not a race... streetlegal, production car with no modifications vs. a extremely high tuned car without any norms like co2 or something...
yea races like this are bullshit
and btw test both of them on a track not in s streight line and the bugatti would beat that piece of shit
Thu Aug 9 2007 11:57 PM
Jim Lau says
Hey guys,
I was at this event, as the company I work for provides data acquisition and performance numbers for R&T and many other companies. See the in-car video here (with data overlay provided by yours truly): http://videos.streetfire.net/video/780e4585-7641-4213-8442-997b0074ac04.htm
Also, that Viper is street legal, so I do think it's a pretty fair test. The Viper actually makes about 1200hp, so it's at least on-par with hp with the Veyron, if not better, but it's a lighter car by a lot, so it makes sense that it will be stupid fast in a straight line. And they definitely did push the Veyron hard. It just needs more time to get up to 200 and beyond.
Last note: there was not a CLK63 "Black" there.. just the McLaren SLR, Lingenfelter 'vette, Murcielago, Viper, Veyron and RUF.
Fri Aug 10 2007 6:18 PM
Miroslav says
You can't compare these two cars ;)
200mph is a limit for Viper, it's unstable and breaking apart at that speed.
And check out Veyron:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x157l2_bugatti-veyron-at-top-speed
Fri Aug 10 2007 10:19 PM
zero says
Yeah, you feel a pity for the Venom driver as if the car is looking to kill him. The car struggles to keep the speed despite its turbos since its body is not designed to substain it. For me, 24.5 second is more impressive than 20.0 from 0-200 mph because of the stability and how well built the Veyron is.
Fri Aug 10 2007 10:23 PM
zero says
"sak is right, the veyron is pretty much modded to the top. they made it that way.
the most u can put into it is a better air filter. lol.
well, im into cars yes, i was amazed when i saw the video of the veryron racing that plane halfway across the counrty."
No quite correct. There are cars that come with turbo as standard from the manufacturers. The Venom is the tuned car in true sense of world. I was not surprised of the result since the Venom was designed for 0-200 mph regardless the stability and handling as seen on video.
Sun Aug 12 2007 3:06 AM
chris says
They must have held out on the veyron because if you watch the drivenblog.com or top gear episode on the veyroN (all viewable on youtube.com) then you will see the real peak accelleration. Plus who wants to push a 1.7 million dollar car to its limit against a 100 grand viper
Sat Aug 25 2007 3:54 AM
Michel says
I suspect the driver to be a Veyron fan, normally the viper H always going under 20 sec for 200 miles.look some vidéos about the other drivers, the car is cool because they knows how to drive it.the point of this race,it s who is faster 0-200miles, the answer: Viper H,no question about it. thank Michel
Wed Jan 23 2008 12:10 PM
wassa says
listen guys...... the 16.4 bugatti is nice and all.... buy it cost 5 times as much as hennessy.....yeah 5 times as much.... and where on the streets are you gonna do even 150+??? and the viper could be stable at 200.. just dont do no stupid stuff..... with all that xtra money i could buy a frikin house.... much rather have a sick house and a hennessy viper parked outside......
Wed Jan 23 2008 12:11 PM
wassa says
and the viper looks alot better....
Thu Feb 14 2008 8:02 PM
Sir Yappie says
Why would you want a PoS american gas guzzler that will fall apart if it goes anywhere near a corner when you can have the ultimate european ubercar?
Get your heads out of your backsides with the belief that the Viper is the better car. The Veyron is the greatest supercar ever made bar none.
The viper is the proverbial mutten dressed as lamb. It may look ok but underneath its still mutten. Dont delude yourself into believing the fact that it posted a faster 0-200 time thats its better.
If we are talking about modded cars or not caring about what it goes up against why not put an F1 car against it. Im sure it would lose that too...
Fri Feb 29 2008 1:31 PM
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Wed Mar 12 2008 3:48 PM
quentin says
vipers better
Wed Mar 26 2008 9:31 PM
chris says
wow the viper has many mods .. and the bugatti does too ... the viper is like 125,000 as opposed to 2 million ... i mean c'mon ... the viper beat it and its sooo much cheaper and hey people learn ur cars b4 u talk trash about any of them ... the only reason bugatti is soo much is cuz its handmade and its built to be a supercar luxury racercar .. the viper is built for speed my machine ... and plus i saw the hennessy dodge viper 2008 in person today ... that is a beastly machine ... it would dust any street llegal car in a race and yes its street legal ...
Wed Mar 26 2008 9:33 PM
chris says
and its not a venom its a hennessy dodge viper .... it is a stock viper that hennessy modded
Wed Mar 26 2008 9:36 PM
chris says
and they def put all the cars to the limit ... cuz there were more then 2 cars in the race to 200 ... and hey u guys need to get over the fact the a dodge is the fastest street legal car in the world ... so what if its a dodge .. vipers are the fricken shit ... and hey it beat a modded lambo, modded porsche, modded mecedes, and modded corvette ... so viper rapes all
Wed Mar 26 2008 9:45 PM
chris says
and watch the video the viper gets up to about 220 before the guys starts slowing down
Fri May 16 2008 2:30 PM
rapstar says
has anyone here actually even driven either one of these cars? cause its pretty lame to dis a cars handling and performance if you've never driven it.....i still think its kinda funny that the twin turbo beat a quad turbo lol
Wed Jun 11 2008 9:31 PM
O0oo says
The viper wins, and its all based on personal taste you want the veyron like it. but dont hate the viper for winning. also for circuit Racing you idiots who hate. viper has plenty of other cars that would smash it to the ground on the race track.
Thu Jul 24 2008 7:59 PM
angel says
you all need to face the fact that the viper is faster you are all a bunch of haters that cant admit that the viper won fair and square and its a shame that the veyron has 16 cylinders and four turbos and the viper is a v-10 with two turbos..oh and the viper costs 1/4 of what the veyron does LOL!
Sun Jul 27 2008 12:51 PM
mike says
Welll, we all know that horsepower and low weight can bump up speed times. They have been doing it for years. Is the Viper the faster car? For this time yes. What about a modified Corvette? Every car has it's day when it can have extra power sources. Yeah, I like the Viper, but there are cars out there that can beat it now and then. Just because an expensive exotic comes around people think nothing else cn beat it. Well, here we have American muscle proving that ain't always so.
Sat Jan 31 2009 4:01 AM
drolex says
Mike, there was a modified Corvette in the race, dude. It was a Lingenfelter Corvette and it took 26.5s to 200mph and 1400 feet more than the viper.
001, they didn't push the Viper to the limit, anyway.
Miroslav, where do you get this info about the Viper being "unstable and breaking appart at that speed"? The Viper can go 254mph, FYI.
The Viper has the capability of spinning the tires in 5th gear. They severly limit it's HP until higher speeds. Give it more traction and it can go way faster than it alread did.
Fri Jun 19 2009 7:14 PM
daniel says
I like hennesey and this car, but I never would speak about a real race car. 1/4 mile great, drift great....but real racers lives on racetrack.
I think an ordinary Porsche GT3 RS will beat the viper on german Racetrack "Nordschleife". With half of the viper power and its only an original production car.
Dont see any sense in spinning tires in 5th gear, only see a real traction problem.
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