The Chiron-Shaming 1600bhp Hennessey Venom F5 Promises 300mph
Claiming your incoming hypercar will do 300mph is quite a declaration, but that’s just one of several crazy figures Hennessey has put out there regarding the ‘Venom F5’. We’re talking 1600bhp. 0-186mph in under 10 seconds. And finally, 0-249-0mph in under 30 seconds.
Yep, Hennessey has jumped on the ‘0-400-0’ bandwagon, with a car that’ll supposedly beat the Koenigsegg Agera RS - the current record holder - by at least six seconds. How will the Texan firm do this? That’s the thing - we don’t really know yet.
The 7.4-litre, twin-turbo V8 engine is still under development, and other than the fact it’s GM LS based, not much has been revealed about it yet. A 1338kg kerb weight is made possible by a carbonfibre body, and there’ll be some kind of active aerodynamics package.
Other than that, it’s a bit of a mystery at this stage. Given the extraordinary claims being made along with the lack of detail, the F5 does have a hint of vapourware about it, but then again, Hennessey does have previous in the field of stupidly fast, low-volume hypercars, in the form of the Venom GT.
Oh, there is just one more detail, and it concerns the price: each of the 24 F5s planned for production will cost $1.6 million.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Amatuers…
Why is there always that one guy who brings up this car.
We get it you did 293 mph,but you are on the same train as the venom gt
Taking a chassis from another car,modifying it to the extreme and then going fast in a straight line.
Its one thing to get a car to those speeds,its another thing to create a road legal production car get to those speeds
Bugatti: hahaha we’ve got the fastest production car!
Hennessey: Speek louder german boy… Can’t hear you threw my v8
Except their engine isnt finished yet and the Bugatti does more than go 270+Mph
It does it in style
will it be a Royale with cheese once it gets to Europe?
And what is it in normal units?
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lmfao there just ganna bring the Agera rs or regera to a legit airport and run that garbage down…they both embarrass Bugatti but come on Hennessy’s arent all that great. and how can they say there ganna beat it if ther engine is still in development lmfao like bitccchhhh what. overpriced upgrades on mustangs and shittt for what 70hp to the crank for 90k lol joke… they can make a nice looking car but shiiitttt aint anything special and considering they will have a total of what 50 cars by the end of this production. thats not a production car.
Another “production” car Guinness will name as fastest in the world? At least it’s not basically a hypercar under a Lotus shell.
John Hennessey must love steroids! He injects every car he makes with them!
Just wait.. They say that then they hit 299.. Or that Ford GT does it..
See, this is an amazing car. WOW
Let’s hope stuff in the past wont happen again.
wait…am i missing something here?