Hennessey Venom F5 in new high-speed testing video
Hennessey has released a video of its new 1,792bhp Venom F5 hypercar undergoing high-speed testing on a runway. The new footage has been published ahead of the car’s scheduled run at the NASA Kennedy space Centre later this year, where Hennessey will objective to verify the F5’s claimed 311mph top speed.
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Featured below, the video clip shows the Hennessey Venom F5 shifting up through its gearbox on a high-speed run. thanks to a useful video camera mounted on the rear bumper, we also now know that the hypercar will spit flames on each full throttle upshift.
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The Hennessey Venom F5 has been developed to rival the likes of the Koenigsegg Regera and the Bugatti Chiron SuperSport. production will be limited to just 24 units, with each carrying a starting price of $2.1 million (around £1.5 million). But, despite that eye-watering figure, all 24 automobiles have already been snapped up by rich hypercar fans.
If you look at the Venom F5’s claimed figures, though, you can understand their enthusiasm. It costs half of the £3.1 million Bugatti, but it produces a Chiron-humbling 1,792bhp and 1,617Nm of torque – enough, says Hennessey, for a 0-62mph time of 2.6 seconds.
Even much more impressively, the firm also says the F5 will cover the 0-186mph sprint in 8.4 seconds, which is quicker than a formula One racer. Dry, the Venom weighs 1,360kg, which gives the automobile a claimed power-to-weight ratio of 1,322bhp per tonne.
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Power comes from a twin-turbocharged 6.6-litre V8 engine, which Hennessey developed and built completely in-house. The engines are constructed using high-strength, lightweight components, including forged aluminium pistons, forged steel connecting rods, titanium exhaust manifolds and a billet aluminium intake manifold.
New Hennessey Venom F5: chassis and aerodynamics
Unlike many extremely powerful hypercars, the Venom does without four-wheel drive. Instead, power is sent through a seven-speed automatic gearbox to the rear wheels only, while Hennessey has also placed a heavy focus on aerodynamics to help achieve its performance goals.
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