2011 Hennessey Venom GT
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Hennessey's 1,200-horsepower Venom GT is perhaps one of the most impressive American hotrods built on a British basis in the last half-century. Like the classic AC Ace was turned into a Cobra in Carroll Shelby's hands, the Lotus Exige in John Hennessey's has taken a lightweight British sports car and turned it into a world-beater--though without the racing pedigree. Jay Leno, being the car fanatic and TV personality he is, has had special access to the Venom GT. His second go-round (catch the first one here) with the little beast earlier this week shows the car not in prototype form, but in...
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Hennessey Venom GT To Run At Goodwood Festival Of Speed: VideoWatch the Hennessey Venom GT testing in John Heinricy's hands as it prepares for the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb.
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Video: Hennessey Venom GT Breathes Fire On The Dyno
You've followed it for years, seen the official teasers, the reveal, and even watched Jay Leno give it the once-over. Now you can see the Hennessey Venom GT breathe fire on the dyno in this brief video. Why, exactly, does it shoot three feet of blue flame out of its exhaust, you ask? Good question...
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Video: Jay Leno's Garage Gets Inside The Hennessey Venom GT
You already know all there is to know about the Hennessey Venom GT, but if you're like us, you need no excuse to spend some time taking another look at the car, complete with commentary by Jay Leno and creator John Hennessey. Especially not when it includes a look at the car's as-yet largely unseen...
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Video: Hennessey Venom GT Twin Turbo Dynos 933 RWHP
Another day, another dyno for the Hennessey Venom GT.
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Video: Hennessey Venom GT Lays Down 633 RWHP On The Dyno
The Lotus Elise-based Hennessey Venom GT stands to raise the bar in supercar territory.
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Hennessey and DiMora, two firms with questionable pasts, have come together to help sell the new 2011 Hennessey Venom GT supercar in the Middle East and India. Hennessey, as many would know, has had trouble in the past with allegations of incomplete work surrounding its line of modified Dodge Vipers, while DiMora had been promising for years to build an extreme 1,200 horsepower luxury sedan but to this day there has been no tangible evidence that the car even exists. At least Hennessey has revealed its Venom GT supercar--and this week the company has announced that DiMora will become the...
