This is what the company means.
Hennessey was able to sell its remaining build slots for the $2.1-million hypercar by displaying two Venom F5s in Mojave Silver and one in Speed Devil Blue at the Monterey Car Week. John Hennessey, the company’s founder and CEO, said that the “just the beginning” of the F5 journey includes a top speed record attempt.
Hennessey mentions that a Track Pack has been developed for the Venom F5. This is presumably the high downforce, GTR-esque version , which was briefly mentioned in an interview with Top Gear magazine this year. The Venom F5 is, essentially, a track car. Its lack of airbags restricts its legal road-legality in the United States at 2,500 miles (4.023 kilometers annually) per show and display title.
A surprising revelation was made in response to the announcement on social media regarding engineering on a Track Pack, and selling the entire production run. Hennessey apparently is working on “something else” that is literally out of this universe. It is not clear why Hennessey uses the word “literally”. Unless the Venom F5 is going into space for the tenth installment of Fast and Furious, due out April 7, 2023. Either that or the hypercar will get something similar to the optional SpaceX rocket thruster package promised Elon Musk for the second-generation Tesla Roadster.
The “regular” version is aiming for 311 mph (500 km/h), thanks to its twin-turbo V8 6.6 liter LS-derived engine dubbed Fury. It makes 1,817 horsepower (1.354 kilowatts), and 1,193 poundfeet (1.617 Newton-meters). Venom F5 is only 2,998 lbs (1,360 kg) in weight. Hennessey claims it has the highest power-to-weight ratio among road-legal vehicles.
The first American tuner’s bespoke car is expected to be a rocket with a sprint of 0 to 124 mph (200 km/h), which takes only 4.7 seconds. The production has begun and the first cars will be delivered to customers later in the year. In 2023, the final vehicle will be delivered.
Additional standalone cars are also on the horizon, but none will be as good as the Venom F5 hypercar. John Hennessey spoke to us in a interview back in May at Amelia Island Concours in Florida. Twenty-one of the total 24 Venom F5s were sold at that point. 60 percent of preorders came from the United States, while the remainder was from Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Since then, the remaining three cars were sold.