Venom GT
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Hennessey aims to take the production-car top-speed crown back.
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Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Roadster revealed, costs $3M
Just 12 of the 1,817-hp roadsters will be built.
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Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution is a $2.7M track machine
New Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution offers 1,817 hp in a package that should save 100 pounds versus the standard Venom F5.
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Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster roars in with 1,817 hp
Hennessey's Venom F5 Roadster is potentially the fastest open-top car in production.
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Hennessey Venom F5 signs off testing with 271.6-mph run, next stop 300 mph
With development complete, Hennessey's next goal with the Venom F5 is to blow past 300 mph and set a new land speed record.
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Hennessey starts Venom F5 deliveries—next stop world land speed record?
The first Hennessey Venom F5 has been delivered to its owner, Hennessey Performance Engineering revealed on Monday via a Twitter post. The post included a statement that more key announcements are coming soon, along with a video showing the first customer example of the hypercar in what's...
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Hennessey's Venom F5 packs 1,817 hp and is claimed to top out at 311 mph.
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Hennessey open to track-focused version of Venom F5 hypercar
Hennessey has ruled out an electric version of its Venom F5 but a version designed for the track is still possible.
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Hennessey Venom F5 arrives with $2.1M price tag and 1,817 horsepower, aims for 311 mph
The first Hennessey Venom F5 has been built with 1,817-horsepower and a claimed top speed of over 311 mph.
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Hennessey Venom F5 carbon-fiber chassis debuts, hp up to 1,817 and price up to $1.8M
Hennessey Performance Engineering unveiled the carbon-fiber chassis of the Venom F5 supercar and gave updated specs.
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Hennessey Venom F5 "Fury" twin-turbo V-8 makes 1,817 horsepower
Hennessey revealed that the Venom F5s twin-turbo V-8 makes 1,817 horsepower and 1,193 pound-feet of torque.
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Hennessey expands factory in preparation for Venom F5 hypercar
Hennessey plans a second dyno and a dedicated area for production of the 1,600-horsepower Venom F5 hypercar.
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Veteran General Motors engineer John Heinricy has come out of retirement to lead development of Hennessey's Venom F5 hypercar. Hennessey made the announcement on Tuesday, confirming that Heinricy is chief engineer for the project. Heinricy, 71, finally left GM in 2008 after first joining the automaker all the way back in 1970. In his final role, he headed GM's Performance Division where he oversaw development of cars like the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 and Cadillac CTS-V. He also is an avid racing driver. Among his achievements as a racer, Heinricy counts numerous SCCA Runoffs road-racing...
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Hennessey F5 Venom: Forget 300 mph, aiming for 311 mph; challengers welcome
The race to 300 mph is officially on. Hennessey Performance Engineering plans to begin testing an F5 Venom prototype in 2019, with high-speed validation testing by the end of that year. "We believe our car is capable of going well beyond 300 mph," CEO John Hennessey said. What will enable the F5...
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Hennessey Venom F5 breathes 1,600-plus-hp of fire from 6.6-liter twin-turbo V-8
Almost a year on since Hennessey Performance Engineering first showed us its Venom F5 hypercar, the company has now locked in the first of the car's specs. Using the backdrop of Friday's The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering in Monterey, California, Hennessey confirmed the Venom F5 will come with a...
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Will the Hennessey Venom F5 be capable of hitting 300 mph?
Hennessey Performance Engineering is making some rather bold claims. The Texas tuner recently revealed a new vehicle called the Venom F5. HPE says the Venom F5 will have 1,600 horsepower and be able to hit a top speed of 301 mph. We certainly believe Hennessey is capable of building a machine that...
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Hennessey Venom F5 interior photo sketches revealed
Hennessey Performance Engineering stirred the supercar pot when it revealed the Venom F5 at the 2017 SEMA show last month, but the concept car lacked a proper interior at its debut. For now, photo sketches of the supercar's interior will have to do. A HPE fan page revealed two images of the Venom...
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Hennessey Venom F5 revealed with over 1,600 HP, aims for 301 MPH top speed
Wake up Bugatti and Koenigsegg because Hennessey Performance Engineering sounded an alarm. On Wednesday at the 2017 SEMA show, the performance company out of Sealy, Texas revealed the Venom F5 hypercar with over 1,600 horsepower and a strong desire to reach a 301 mph top speed. Production is due to...
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Hennessey is in the business of outfitting numerous production cars with an array of go-fast parts, but the cherry atop the Texas performance company's business is the Venom. First introduced in 2010 and based on a Lotus, the Venom GT was faster than a Bugatti Veyron, weighed less, and clocked a 270.49 mph top speed. Although production of the Venom GT ended this past January, the nameplate won't remain dormant as the Venom F5 cometh. Hennessey first dropped a teaser image of the Venom F5 last week and dished out a few juicy details. Now, we have our first look at the interior, which is...
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Hennessey Venom F5 coming Nov. 1; might hit 300 mph, destroy Chiron?
Just over three years ago Hennessey Performance Engineering announced to the world it was beginning work on a world-beating hypercar called the Venom F5. On Thursday, the Texas-based performance shop told the world the wait is nearly over: the F5 will be unveiled at SEMA on November 1. Set to use a...
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Chiron-baiting Venom F5 to be first model from Hennessey Special Vehicles
The Hennessey name has been recognized in performance circles for decades, but the launch in 2010 of the Venom GT put the Texan tuner and then nascent performance car manufacturer on the world map. The car had more power than a Bugatti Veyron but weighed significantly less, and in 2014 it was...
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Steven Tyler’s Hennessey Venom GT Spyder raises $800K for charity
Steven Tyler was the first in the world with a Hennessey Venom GT Spyder but at the January 20 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, the Aerosmith front man passed the car over to a new owner who bid $800,000 on it. The winning bid also included a guitar signed by the complete Aerosmith...
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Hennessey Venom GT Final Edition marks end of world-beating supercar
Hennessey Performance Engineering of Sealy, Texas has announced that production of its world-beating Venom GT has come to an end. The last example is a Venom GT coupe marked the Final Edition and clothed in a unique blue finish called Glacier Blue. It’s already been sold at a price of $1.2...
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Hennessey Venom GT Spyder was down on power when making record run
Last month we saw the Hennessey Venom GT Spyder enter the record books as the world's fastest open-top production car. The all-American hypercar reached 265.6 mph during a scheduled run at California's Naval Air Station Lemoore, with independent speed-testing firm Racelogic on hand to confirm it...
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