It’s here and it’s strong.
The Hennessey Venom is real, or at least its engine. The Texas shop pulled the sheet from the supercar’s 1,600-horsepower (1.193-kilowatts) V8 today at the Quail in Monterey. It looks incredible.
Hennessey’s promise of 1,600 horsepower is fulfilled by the massive 7.6-liter twin turbocharged motor. It is made of billet aluminum and steel cylinder sleeves. The F5 can produce 1,300 pound-feet (1.762 Newton-meters), of torque at 4,400 RPM. The engine was developed with Shell and Pennzoil for almost five years.
Its 1,600 horsepower gives it around 100 more horses than the Bugatti Chiron (1.479 hp), and Koenigsegg Regera (1.500 hp). It is, by all accounts, the most powerful internal combustion engine ever used in a production vehicle. Hennessey is focused on one thing with all this power: Record-breaking speed.
John Hennessey said at the debut, “We are confident in our quest for new records in 2019”. The race to 300 mph (482 km/h) will be the most important. Hennessey had promised in May that a sprint of 300 mph would be held sometime in 2019.
The new F5 will be riding on a Hennessey-built chassis, unlike the Venom. With a drag coefficient 0.33, the carbon fiber body will weigh in at less than 3,000 pounds (1.360 kilograms).
Only 24 Venom F5s will be made, with each one costing $1.6 million. You’ll need to hurry if you want one. The first 15 slots for building the Venom F5 have been filled.
