Every once and a while in the automotive world, something
happens that takes our breath away. No I am not talking about making leaps
forward in in-dash navigation or your car stereo, no we are talkin about speed.
Not just speed but more speed than anyone else on the plant…even Bugatti!
Hennessey a company known mainly for supercharging cars and trucks for extreme
performance has now made their own car. When they announced their own car most
of us assumed that they would be basing it off some American car of some type.
The company surprised us all when the released pics of their 1000 HP beast but
none of us expected it to be street legal.
Recently Hennessey showed off the GT at Jay Leno’s garage,
this is their 6th car that they brought and amazingly it is street
legal. Street legal means that the car meets safety standards and has all the
equipment required by the US government. This is an amazing feat because a
company like Bugatti is backed by VW and they are the largest automotive entity
on the planet. Hennessey is a small company that does not have the resources…guess
they did some serious begging with investors.
Now on to the speed and power that the Venom GT creates…0-
60 yup that is 2.5 seconds, for example a Corvette ZR1 takes 3.4 seconds to
make the same trip. Now that is fast but where this car really makes itself
stand out is the 0 – 200. That time would be 15.3 seconds and that is 9 seconds
faster than the Veyron which is the fastest car in the world. The goal if the venom
is to outrun the Veyron bringing the title of the world’s fastest production
car to the US. Now I don’t know about
you but I really want to see these 2 monsters go head to head in an all-out
drag race to 280 MPH. Oh and I also want to own one for myself hey it might not
be good parking it on the street but sometimes you just gotta live your dreams…right?
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