The Dodge Demon doesn’t strike us as a muscle car much in need of a performance makeover. After all, this 840-horsepower MoPar machine’s voracious quest for straight-line speed means it trims weight by jettisoning everything from a front passenger seat and rear seat, to its stereo and all carpeting in the trunk. The folks at […]
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Hennessey VelociRaptor 6X6 First Drive Review: The incredible hulk
Between the rampant exotics and the lurking classics, it takes some seriously special sheetmetal to stand out in car-clogged Malibu. But this triumphantly conspicuous ride is John Hennessey’s stab at the already imposing Ford F-150 Raptor, a wicked transmogrification of the offroad-effective 4×4 into an over-the-top six-wheeled, three-axle’d behemoth. And here I am, trying to […]
Hennessey planning Venom F5 speed record assault
New details are emerging from Geneva about Hennessey‘s ambitions to claim the record for world’s fastest car, including the V8 powertrain that will drive the upcoming Hennessey Venom F5 toward its promised 301 mph top speed benchmark. Founder and CEO John Hennessey told “Top Gear” the hypercar will have “a completely bespoke, 8.0-liter twin-turbo V8” […]
Watch as Hennessey Exorcist casts out a 217 mph run
For speed that makes your head spin, better call the Exorcist — the 1,000-horsepower Hennessy Exorcist Camaro. Hold the green pea soup, please. After all, that’d make quite a mess at 217 miles per hour, which is the terminal velocity recorded by Brian Smith, director of the Ford Performance Driving School (yes, we see the […]
Hennessey building 50 VelociRaptor 6×6 trucks at $349,000 apiece
Finally, after it first appeared in 2016, and reappeared at the SEMA show this year, Hennessey has announced it has started production on its VelociRaptor 6×6. The truck is a stretched version of the Ford F-150 Raptor that picks up a third axle. Besides the additional axle, the truck’s twin-turbo V6 gets an engine upgrade […]
Hennessey provides a peek at the Venom F5 hypercar's interior
Hennessey Performance recently unveiled its upcoming Venom F5 hypercar, along with some impressive projected performance figures, including a claimed 301 mph top speed. But the unveiling only showed the exterior of the car. That will change on November 21 when the car’s insides are revealed, and the company also provided a peek at the steering […]
Hennessey Venom F5 Aims for 300 MPH and 1600 HP
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Hennessey Venom F5 Aims for 300 MPH and 1600 HP
– Having never quite settled the matter of whether or not its Venom GT supercar beat out the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport as the fastest car in the world, Hennessey Special Vehicles hopes to claim the title anew with the new Venom F5. – Remember that the GT ran just over 270 mph on a NASA […]
John Hennessey talks to us about the Hennessey F5
A this year’s SEMA show, Hennessey revealed the new F5 hypercar. While it is still being developed, the company already claims some impressive stats. The engine is slated to produce 1,600 horsepower and the company claims the car can reach 301 mph – and if it can deliver, this will be an impressive machine. We […]
