301 mph, 1,600 hp: Hennessey Venom F5 details emerge

Yahoo News – by Sven Gustafson, Autoblog

Hennessy Special Vehicles is unveiling its much-awaited Venom F5 hypercar today at the SEMA Show (along with a cool new video that fans of early Aerosmith will dig, below), and the beast dubbed “America’s Hypercar” is making big promises. Hennessey teased the stunner a couple weeks ago, saying its intent was to take on the Bugatti Chiron for the title of world’s fastest car.  

Now we have more details to go on for the F5. Its twin-turbo, 7.4-liter aluminum V8 produces an astounding 1,600 horsepower and 1,300 pound-feet of torque, giving it a top speed of 301 miles per hour. Acceleration will be quick: from 0 to 186 mph in less than 10 seconds and 0 to 249 and back to rest in less than 30 seconds, though independent performance tests of course will have to bear out those claims. The engine is mated to a seven-speed single-clutch paddle-shift transmission that drives the rear wheels. Unlike the car it replaces, the Venom GT, which was built atop a Lotus Elise platform, the Venom F5 gets an all-new, lightweight chassis and carbon-fiber body, giving it a curb weight of just 2,950 pounds.

“We’ve designed F5 to be timeless so that in 25 years it will still have a level of performance and design that will be unmatched,” CEO John Hennessey said in a statement. “The F5 is an all new car, designed and built from the ground up, from the engine to the chassis. We expect the Venom F5, named for the most powerful tornado speed winds on the Fujita scale, to be the first road car capable of achieving more than 300 mph and have worked closely with Pennzoil to get us across the finish line.”

The Venom GT, which had a 1,451-horsepower twin-turbo 7.0-liter V8, was unofficially dubbed the world’s fastest car in 2014, having hit 270.49 mph, though Bugatti plans to challenge that next year in the Chiron.

Base price will be a cool $1.6 million, with just 24 units to be built. And according to “Top Gear,” John Hennessey himself will hand-pick its recipients, with first deliveries starting in 2019.

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8 thoughts on “301 mph, 1,600 hp: Hennessey Venom F5 details emerge”

  1. At 301, the fun would end reaaaalllllll quick (especially since the driver will be on their phone – naturally), and they won’t be able to separate you from the car or the hamburger you were eating. Just dig a bigger hole and drop in what’s left.

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    1. This thing is faster than many twin engine aircraft. Twin Cessnas cruise at 240. You could never really enjoy a car like this in America, this a Dubai desert or Saudi sands cruiser where there is zero traffic, and zero speed limits.

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  2. As a former professional/amateur racer, I’m not sure I’d trust a street-legal tire, at 300mph, with my life. I’ve had the opportunity to drive quite a few ridiculous cars at speed over the years, but I’m not sure I “need” to go that fast in something that’s not meant to leave the ground (on purpose). It looks lovely though…the new Ferrari is a bit angular for my taste.

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    1. True
      Arnt Z rated tires only good for short times at like 200MPH?

      I got the chance to do 160mph on a NASCAR track in one of the training cars
      That’s fast enough, and that was a closed course
      Can’t imagine the carnage this vehicle could create with the proper idiot behind the wheel

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  3. well………… they came out with the ASSAULT TRUCK JUST A FEW DAYS AGO….. SOOOO…… WHY THE HELL NOT???????????

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