Hennessey
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Christmas is drawing near and you still haven't gone out and found a tree? Well, if you need to get one in a hurry, and we mean a real hurry, one of the better options is a Jeep Grand Cherokee tuned by Hennessey Performance Engineering. The Texan tuner demonstrated this by taking a tree strapped to the roof of its 1,000-horsepower HPE1000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk to 181 mph. Despite the ridiculous speed, the tree, a six-foot Douglas fir, turned out to be fine. Incredibly, the HPE1000 upgrade isn't Hennessey's most powerful for the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. There's also a HPE1200 upgrade...
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Hennessey readies 1,200-hp, twin-turbo upgrade for the C8 Chevy CorvetteHennessey will have both supercharger and twin-turbocharger upgrades for the mid-engine Corvette.
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The 1,200-hp, $200,000 Hennessey Resurrection Chevy Camaro ZL1 1LE worships at the church of speed
The hyper-fast Chevy Camaro sprints to 60 mph in less than 2.3 seconds and has a top speed of more than 220 mph.
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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 to enter electric era with the Porsche Taycan
Hennessey has been thinking about tuning an EV for a long time, and the company felt the Porsche Taycan was the right car to start with.
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Hennessey ready to dial up the Mustang Shelby GT500 to 1,200 horsepower
The Venom 1200 straps twin-turbos to the Mustang's potent V-8 for a wild ride.
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Hennessey plans a second dyno and a dedicated area for production of the 1,600-horsepower Venom F5 hypercar.
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Hennessey created a 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 with 1,139 horsepower–at the wheels
The insanely powerful Corvette turns up the supercharger well past the factory's initial configuration.
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Chevy Silverado-based Hennessey Goliath 6x6 is real, hits the road with 450 horsepower
Hennessey's Goliath 6x6 based on the Chevrolet Silverado is real and ready to tear up the streets with three axles.
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Has McLaren sandbagged the Senna's performance figures?
A dyno run by Hennessey Performance Engineering suggests the 789-horsepower McLaren Senna could top 800 horsepower and its torque figure could be underreported, too.
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Jeep Gladiator-based 2020 Hennessey Maximus 1000 revealed with 1,000 horsepower
Jeep won't stuff a Hellcat V-8 under the Gladiator's hood, but Hennessey Performance Engineering will and here it makes a whopping 1,000 horsepower in the 2020 Hennessey Maximus 1000.
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Hennessey VelociRaptor Ford Ranger is quicker than an F-150 Raptor
Ford may not have plans to grace Americans with a Ranger Raptor from the factory, but that hasn't stopped Texas-based Hennessey Performance Engineering from doing it anyway. After announcing plans for the Hennessey VelociRaptor Ranger last month, HPE dished out the final specifications for its...
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The mad individuals at Hennessey Performance Engineering have created their first 2019 Corvette ZR1 with 1,000 horsepower. To show off their creation, the gang at HPE shared a video of the sports car doing a pull on the dyno. The 1,000 hp comes courtesy of the HPE1000 package for the 2019 Corvette ZR1, which already leaves the factory with a stout 755-hp rating. In baseline testing, HPE found the sports car made 654 hp at the rear wheels. The dyno test showed that, when outfitted with the HPE1000 package, that figure rose to 905 hp, which certainly means 1,000 or more horsepower at the crank...
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Hennessey Performance cooks up VelociRaptor V-8 for The Rock
Hennessey Performance Engineering will gladly replace the Ford F-150 Raptor's twin-turbo V-6 with a V-8, and that appealed to professional wrestler and action star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. HPE posted photos to its official Facebook page on Tuesday showing The Rock's latest ride. It's a baby blue...
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Hennessey gives Ford Ranger claws with 350-hp VelociRaptor Ranger
Ford has no plans to introduce the current Ranger Raptor in the United States, so Hennessey Performance Engineering will essentially do it for the automaker. On Monday, the Texas-based tuning company announced the Ford VelociRaptor Ranger. The VelociRaptor name should be familiar to anyone who...
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Hennessey cranks McLaren 600LT to 1,000 horsepower
When a car enters the shop at Hennessey Performance Engineering, there's a good chance it leaves with more power. A lot more power. That's the case for the McLaren 600LT, which HPE can now tune up to 1,000 horsepower, the company announced on Monday. The tuning firm offers three different packages...
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Hennessey's 1,035-HP Dodge Challenger SRT Demon sounds like it came from hell
The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is already one hell of a car, but Hennessey Performance Engineering has (of course) gotten a hold of it and made it something more. With the company's HPE1000 package, the Demon makes a whopping 880 horsepower at the rear wheels. That equates to around 1,035 hp at the...
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Dyno run shows Hennessey's V-8-powered F-150 Raptor makes 557 horsepower
The second-generation Ford F-150 Raptor ditched its 6.2-liter V-8 for a twin-turbo V-6. While that's fine and dandy, it certainly doesn't provide the same soundtrack. Enter Hennessey Performance Engineering, which has installed a 5.0-liter supercharged Coyote V-8 engine to appease those who can't...
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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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Watch the Ford GT strut its stuff on the dyno
Hennessey Performance Engineering strapped founder John Hennessey's 2018 Ford GT Heritage Edition to the dyno to see just how powerful the supercar really is. The GT laid down an impressive 581 rear-wheel horsepower and 513 pound-feet of torque. The GT's twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 engine...
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Hennessey VelociRaptor 6x6 for sale on eBay for $375,000
Just in time from Black Friday, Hennessey Performance Engineering has listed one of its 50 F-150-based VelociRaptor 6x6 pickups on eBay. The VelociRaptor 6x6 debuted at the 2017 SEMA show and ushered in America's own answer to 6x6 rivals from Mercedes-AMG and Kahn Design. As for why this truck is...
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Hennessey has 1,035-hp package for Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye
It was only a matter of time before Hennessey Performance Engineering got its hands on the Dodge Challenger Hellcat Redeye. On Friday we learned the tuning company has given the slightly more demonic Hellcat 1,035 horsepower, up from 797. HPE equips the car with the HPE1000 package to create the...
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Hennessey finally performs V-8 engine swap on F-150 Raptor
A number of Ford F-150 Raptor fans have been crying out for a V-8. Hennessey Performance Engineering has heard those cries because the Texan tuner has built a Raptor housing eight cylinders under the hood. From the factory, there's only one engine choice available for Ford's latest Raptor. It's a...
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Meet the world's fastest SUV: Hennessey HPE1200 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk runs quarter-mile in 9.66 seconds
Hennessey Performance Engineering is always working on the next best thing. And by next best thing, we mean the next fastest car or SUV. Case in point is the company's HPE1200 package for the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. On Monday, we brought you a video of Hennessey's HPE1000-enhanced Grand...
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