The Hennessey Venom F5 will encroach on the world speed record

3 November 2017

Hurricane in all senses of the supercar

In the United States at the exhibition of car tuning SEMA 2017 was presented to sports car Hennessey Venom F5. The previous model Venom GT set several speed records: in 2013, she clocked up 435 km/h the Novelty promises to be even faster.

In contrast, the same Venom GT, the Venom F5 model is not built based on Lotus Exige and uses designed with zero carbon monocoque. The car weighs just 1 338 kg and has a low drag coefficient is 0.33. Engineers assume
these factors will allow you to set a new speed record.

In the Hennessey Venom F5 is set to 7.4-liter V8 producing General Motors. The developers thoroughly modified it and mounted two turbochargers. In the end, the returns jumped
up to 1,600 horsepower and 762 1 N⋅m Coupe is equipped with a 7-speed robotized transmission (as an option and "mechanics") and rear wheel drive.

Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h Venom F5 spends less than 10 seconds. Exercise 0-300-0 km/h is placed less than 30 seconds. On the "maximum speed" hints index F5 which represents a category tornado scale Fujita masatake: the wind speed in this case is 419-512 km/h, the Manufacturer expects that the new coupe will be possible to squeeze up to 484 km/h.

The Hennessey Venom F5 will cost $ 1.6 million, will be built in just 24 copies.