Hennessey Performance has built and delivered thousands of powerful vehicles over the past 10 years. Here are the Top 10 cars:
1. Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4
(1991)
The car that started it all.
John Hennessey competed in Pikes Peak; Nevada Open Road Challenge (4th); Bonneville Salt Flats (class speed record of 177mph); Silver State Challenge (overall winner, averaging 177mph over the 90-mile race)
2. ‘Fly Navy’ Venom 1000 Twin Turbo
(introduced 2005; stock base – Dodge Viper)
Won Road & Track supercar shootout, beating a Bugatti Veyron, with 210.2mph top speed
3. VR1200
(introduced 2012; stock base – Cadillac CTS-V)
Hennessey ‘tested’ a new Texas Toll Road with its VR1200 running 221mph
4. HPE600 Corvette C7
(introduced 2013; stock base – Corvette C7 Stingray)
In 2013, John Hennessey was the first to break 200mph in a C7 with his supercharged Corvette Stingray on a closed Texas toll road
5. Hennessey Venom GT
(introduced 2010)
Built by Hennessey; 0-300kph in 13.63 seconds, a Guinness World Record; 270.49mph verified top speed – world’s fastest car 2014-2017
6. VelociRaptor 600
(introduced 2012; stock base – Ford Raptor)
The start of Hennessey’s truck tuning; 0-60mph 4.2 seconds; 600hp
7. The Exorcist
(introduced 2017; stock base – Chevrolet ZL1 Camaro)
1000hp; 883lb-ft torque; 0-60mph 2.1 seconds; top speed 217mph
8. VelociRaptor 6X6
(introduced 2017; stock base – Ford Raptor)
$350,000; upgraded suspension; 600hp upgrade with twin turbochargers
9. Hennessey Heritage Edition Mustang
(introduced 2018; stock base – Ford Mustang GT350R)
Hennessey’s 10,000th car; 808HP; 0-60mph in 3.3 seconds
10. Hennessey Venom F5
(introduced 2021)
100% bespoke Hennessey hypercar with 1817hp V8; 1336hp-per-ton; target +500kph (311mph) top speed; 0-300kph (186mph) in 8.4 seconds