2010 Hennessey Venom GT

What are you talking about, Lotus is a british manufacture :). Anyways, the only american parts are drivetrain related, the chassis itself never leaves UK before compeltion of the build

I just noticed home country UK, ha ha very funny.... Should be US.

Still want to this this thing on a long enough straight to see what it's real top speed is :)

Why is not the topspeed updated yet?

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The 9ff GT9 vMax is already added under 9ff.
;)

“a complete allround car is whats hard to make.”

So what's missing?

As much as I'm hessitant to like anything by John Hennessey, due to his past and things I've heard....

I must say that this car is fairly impressive.

It has an interesting simplicity about it that appeals to my wanting a virtual race car that can be legally driven on the street.

Its raw, powerful, and distinct.

Its similar to what I like: something thats fun, and begs to have the throttle stabbed on every straight and for the tires to jang on for dear life at every turn.

It just looks like a blast.

"This is typical American way for world records: over-achieve in a single aspect then claim the title by arguing over technicalities, short-cutting your way into the category. Well done"

did this manufacturer claim any record? is that top speed so hard to reach? a complete allround car is whats hard to make.

.topspeed.com/cars/porsche/2013-porsche-911-gt9-vmax-by-9ff-ar139379.html

autobild.de/artikel/9ff-gt9-vmax-fahrbericht-3808999.html

.autobild.de/artikel/9ff-gt9-vmax-fahrbericht-3808999.html

What about this one?

@ Ferrari Driver: I was thinking the same thing! ;D

They should test it at the Le Mans Circuit De La Sarthe old Mulsanne circuit, if the Hennessey Venom GT can't reach it's top speed on that track, it can't reach it on any track, except Volkswagen's oval test track where they tested the Veyron Super Sport's top speed.

427.6 kph... that's not the Top speed. If it was got a longer distance, Venom could really beat Bugatti's record, as the speedo was still increasing rapidly at the culmination. What I'm sure is that Hennessey is a faster car than Veyron SS. The only advantage of the Veyron is a faster acceleration at low speeds, thanks to AWD. BTW, interestingly, the amount of produced torque and power are almost equal in both cars, so all the deal in Hennessey's ride were perfect aerodynamics and a lighter body to reach the final speed faster in a short distance.

But Koenigsegg with their Agera R is the most dangerous rival to Hennessey. If Koenigsegg managed to set a top speed record, I'm sure it could do its deal, I wish. But who is actually the fastest production series car I don't know.


Ha, Hennessey takes one record after another, Koenigsegg should hurry up!

No kidding.. I would have thought it would be getting close to the drag limit but the speed was still quickly climbing when he ran out of road. They need to take it out to the highway ssc did their record run.

Guess all the neysayers on the first few pages can eat some crow.

Well done Hennessey!
I wanna know how fast this thing could go on the VW test track where the Veyron was tested.

I would like to take whirl at this car just to see how it handled. I've always wonder how capable a lotus would be with a decent amount of power.. but these are just overkill compared to what I would want. A stock LS9 in one of these would be plenty for me.

I have to say that is a VERY impressive speed for just a 2 mile runway. The top comment from Hennessey themselves is probably true.....

"We made 4 runs at speeds over 260 mph. 265.7 mphļ»æ being the fastest. You have no idea how difficult it is to hit these speeds in such a short distance. We had 2 miles to accelerate and around 4000 ft. to slow down. I doubt that the Veyron SS could hit 230 mph on the same runway."

Congrats I guess. Still not practical, or all that interesting to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d9y2SFLl44
New Top Speed Record.
Fastest car you can buy today.

Transverse slots in the surface would not be a advantage. They would dramatically decrease traction.

I mean the surface that you can see in the evo magazine 3# 2013.

I would bet money that they did not run on that buzzer surface. Doing so would cause major traction issues off the line and slow acceleration at speed.

Has anyone seen the surface at the beginning of the runway? The transverse slots did maybe help a little bit....Koenigsegg please try on the same place a new recordš���

I absolutley HATE Matt Farrah.