Not content with it being the world’s fastest car (even though there is some controversy about this claim), American car company Hennessey has upgraded their Venom GT to become the world’s even faster car.
Using the seven liter twin-turbocharged V8, Hennessey has upgraded it to allow the engine to take advantage of E85 fuel, the same petrol used by Urs Schonenberg’s BMW’s in the Retro class here. The boost pressure has also increased from 19 psi to 26 psi to help give it more power. That is almost two bar of boost. The result of this is a 1082 kW engine. It’s even more impressive when you remember that due to the car being based on a Lotus Exige, it weighs just 1244 kilograms.
Venom GT.
Hennessey claims that the car is capable of going from 0-97 km/h (60 mph) in 2.4 seconds, a top speed of over 450 km/h and a quarter-mile sprint of just 9.4 seconds.
It will go from 0-400 km/h in 18.1 seconds.
If you want to have one of these in your garage, you’d better book, as they are only making 29 of them. And be prepared to fork over $1.7 million for your Venom GT.
But if you are too late, then put some money down on the Venom F5 – as in F5 on the Fujita scale, which is expected to arrive in 2016 with a top speed in excess of 465 km/h and a 0-100 km/h time as fast as a Formula 1 car.
Quite frankly, it’s all a bit silly, if you ask me.
