Hennessey's Twin-Turbocharged Stingray Is A 707hp Smoke Machine

Purveyor of 'the world's fastest car', Hennessey, has revealed its latest unhinged offering. The HPE700 Twin Turbo Corvette is the company's most powerful Stingray, producing a whopping 707bhp at 6400rpm and 661lb/ft of torque. That's an increase of 247bhp and 196lb/ft over the standard car's 460bhp and 465lb/ft figures.

The substantial power hike has been achieved thanks to the addition of two turbochargers, which run at 7psi of boost; you can't miss the twin blow-off valves.

From a standing start, Hennessey claims a 0-60mph time of 2.9 seconds (the standard car takes 3.8sec) and a top speed of 210mph, which exceeds the tuner's top speed Texas toll road run late last year.

For those interested, the HPE700 Stingray will punch through the quarter-mile mark in 10.5 seconds at 135.4mph.

Features of the new car include front, side and rear carbonfibre spoilers and 20-inch, 10-spoke forged monoblock alloys (which reduce the standard car's weight by 8kg).

Buyers looking to secure one of 24 cars for the 2014MY HPE700 get the option of either a seven-speed manual or six-speed automatic gearbox.

The price for all this power and performance? The Hennessey Stingray is yours for a cool $120,000 (£72,130). So it's not cheap, then, but the company does assure us that "the HPE700 experience is a rush, and will absolutely ruin driving a stock Stingray...there's just no going back."

If this video is anything to go by, who are we to argue?