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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To get an LS7 reliably to 1600HP? 0.4L extra brings perhaps 650HP. An aggressive Cam will bring another 100HP at most. Improving the valves mass bring the max revs up and increases another 60HP. My point is … that requires a lotta boost and power on high revs: engine is not going to last. There are times that you gotta think bigger like V12 and better like DOHC? Bugatti designed the W16 for a reason.
https://youtu.be/yrb1xb5HPQw
Keep in mind promises can be broken.
I’m so crazy about it :33 can’t wait for realese