Hennessey
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Earlier today, we told you about John Hennessey and his team taking their Venom GT supercar out to a NASA runway to give it the ole' Texas try. The top recorded speed was 270.49 mph. That's enough to best even the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport's record top speed by a small margin. It's a much larger margin, however, when you consider that the Venom GT accomplished the feat with far less room, and had seemingly plenty of more grunt left to go before the throttle had to be lifted. It all sounds so amazing... and now you can see just how amazing it was because the HPE team put together a properly...
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Hennessey Venom GT Blasts Down Runway at 270.49 MPH
UPDATE: Watch the Hennessey Venom GT Hit 270.49 MPH For some time now, John Hennessey and his team have been making fast cars much faster. In 2011, the Hennessey Venom GT was created in order to offer John's customers something that was capable of going from hyper-legals speeds into hyperspace...
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Twin Turbo Hennessey HPE700 Corvette Stingray: Photos
The twin-turbocharged Hennessey HPE700 Corvette Stingray boasts 708 horsepower.
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Twin-Turbo HPE C7 Corvette Rips Off Wicked Burnout: Video
Attention Australia, please just give us a moment here. We know that you are the undisputed brake stand and burnout kings of the planet. We're not going to argue with you. Instead, we want to share this fine tire-shredding clip produced by the folks at Hennessey Performance Engineering. The subject...
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Watch A Hennessey-Tuned Chevy SS Run The Quarter Mile In 11.84 Seconds: Video
Hennessey has completed development of a round of upgrades for the 2014 Chevrolet SS, with power outputs on offer ranging from 475 all the way up to 1,000 horsepower. Featured in the video above is Hennessey’s tuned SS with 600 horsepower, made possible via the Texan tuner’s HPE600...
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Hennessey Puts Its Twin-Turbo HPE700 Corvette Stingray On The Dyno: Video
Hennessey is offering performance upgrades for the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that sees the car’s output top out at 1,000 horsepower, more than double that of the stock version. This one, featuring the Texan tuner’s HPE700 twin-turbocharged package, isn’t quite that powerful but...
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Hennessey has offered a teaser of the performance that’s to come from its new tuning program for the 2014 Chevrolet SS. In its latest video, Hennessey shows one of its modified SS sedans, still in an initial state of tune, barreling down a stretch of Texas toll road--with full approval from the boys in blue (Hennessey regularly helps authorities test the road’s TxTag toll system). ALSO SEE: 2014 Chevy Camaro Z/28 Priced At $75,000, First Example Going Up For Auction Hennessey has applied its HPE600 Supercharger upgrade for the car but is keeping quiet on the details. Previous...
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Hennessey HPE600 Corvette Rips Down Texas Toll Road At 200 MPH: Video
The toll road speed Is fast indeed Deep in the heart... of Texas You would think that John Hennessey and the local police would have a relationship that borders on tense. After all, Hennessey Performance Engineering produces vehicles that are capable of breaking every speed limit on the planet. All...
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John Heinricy Test Drives Hennessey's HPE600 Corvette Stingray: Video
Watch the former GM Performance Division chief flog a 600-horsepower Hennessey Corvette.
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Hennessey Sounds Off With Its HPE500 Stingray Corvette
John Hennessey is a man who makes fast cars faster. His HPE-tuned stable includes a wide range of vehicles from ultra exotics like the Ferrari 458 to rowdy domestics like the Ford Raptor. Now that Chevrolet has brought a brand-new Corvette out to play, it only makes sense that Hennessey gets his...
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Hennessey HPE500 Corvette Stingray Struts Its Stuff For The Camera: Video
Hennessey is offering performance upgrades for the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray that sees the car’s output top out at 1,000 horsepower, more than double that of the stock version, but as these videos show you don’t have to shell out the big bucks to get some impressive performance...
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Hennessey HPE700 Whips Stock McLaren 12C In Instagram Drag Race
The Hennessey HPE700 is a McLaren MP4-12C on steroids.
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The Hennessey HPE750 Camaro ZL1 reached 203.9 mph on Texas SH 310.
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First Customer-Owned Corvette Stingray Runs 12.23 @ 114.88--Bone Stock: Video
Hennessey Performance Engineering does many things we envy, from the Venom GT to its ridiculous/awesome CTS-Vs. But this we don't so much envy--we've already driven the Stingray hard. We can't say it surprises us, either. But it's still impressive. A bone-stock, automatic-transmission Stingray, the...
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Hennessey Venom GT, GT-R, CTS-V Lap Circuit Of The Americas: Video
The Circuit of the Americas is a world-class facility and a very challenging track to master. Pair that with the world-class Hennessey Venom GT (which also looks rather difficult to master) and you have a match made in Texas. Here, we see the Venom GT chasing a Hennessey-modified Nissan GT-R during...
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Hennessey Offers More Upgrades For Ford's F-150 Raptor: Video
Ford’s F-150 SVT Raptor isn’t only one of the best selling pickup trucks around; it’s also one of the most popular in the tuning scene. Because of that success, Hennessey has expanded the number of upgrades it offers for the performance pickup. The Texan tuner is now offering...
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Hennessey's HPE700 Is A McLaren 12C On Supercar Steroids
The McLaren MP4-12C is one of the most capable and potent supercars on the planet. It's a street machine that borrows knowledge gleaned from engineers that are used to creating vehicles capable of winning Formula One races. It should be of no surprise then that the 12C is as good as it is. Still...
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Watch Hennessey’s Twin-Turbo Ferrari 458 Do 0-60 In 2.8 Seconds: Video
Some might say it’s sacrilege to turbocharge a Ferrari, unless the factory already has, but it’s hard to make a case when you get performance numbers like those of Hennessey’s new twin-turbocharged Ferrari 458 Italia. The Texan tuner’s latest package for the Italian...
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The Ford F-150 SVT Raptor is one of the most capable vehicles off the road, and with a bevy of upgrades offered by the tuning masters Hennessey, the awesome pickup can also be quite capable when it comes to the track. Where the standard F-150 SVT Raptor, and even Hennessey’s custom VelociRaptor, fall short, however, is carrying capacity. But now Hennessey has taken care of that problem, too. What you’re looking at here is Hennessey’s new SUV conversion for the F-150 SVT Raptor. Starting with the F-150 SVT Raptor’s four-door SuperCrew model, Hennessey engineers remove...
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Hennessey Builds 445-HP Ford Taurus SHO
Few cars available today fit the description of a “sleeper” better than the Ford Taurus SHO. Almost indistinguishable from a stock Taurus, the high-performance SHO, with its 365 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque, will put many sports cars to shame. The guys at Hennessey, however...
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Hennessey Ford GT Breaks Texas Mile Record With 267.6 MPH Run: Video
The Texas Mile may need to be renamed to the “Hennessey Mile,” or even the “Mark Heidaker Mile,” since one thing is becoming clear: the tuner and car owner apparently own the top speed record at the semiannual event, held in Beeville, Texas. In March of 2012, driver Sean...
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Hennessey Performance To Build A 1,000 Horsepower Corvette Stingray
The 2014 Corvette Stingray won’t begin shipping to dealerships until the third quarter of 2013, but those planning a purchase can already put together a holiday wish list, thanks to Hennessey Performance Engineering. While the C7 Corvette Stingray will come to market with 450 horsepower and...
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You Saw It Break A World Record, Now Buy The Hennessey Venom GT At Half Price
Updated with input from John Hennessey himself. The Hennessey Venom GT has just entered the record books for being the fastest accelerating production vehicle to 186.411 mph (300 kilometers per hour), needing just 13.63 seconds to achieve the feat or about 1 second less than a Bugatti Veyron Super...
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Watch The Hennessey Venom GT Breaking A World Record (Or Two): Video
A few weeks back, we brought you word that a Hennessey Venom GT driven by John Kiewicz had set a new Guinness World Record as the fastest two-seat production car from 0-300 km/h (186 mph), taking just 13.63 seconds to reach this velocity. If you wondered what such a feat would look like from inside...
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