Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Hennessey Venom GT, you'll need a new set of pants after reading this one!

Power power power and then more power. That's what is seems like today's car market is all about. Superchargers, turbos and even double turbo engines are no longer performance parts only found in the finest super cars. I mean, twin turbo Taurus? So what makes a super car a supercar nowadays? Feast your eyes on the ALL-AROUND super car Hennessey Venom GT.


According to Road & Track the Hennessey Venom GT has been fitted with a twin-turbo 6.2 liter V-8 engine that puts out 1200 horsepower and 1155 lb.-ft. of torque. So why is this important? After all, the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport already puts out that kind of power. The Venom weighs only, 2685 lbs compared to the Buggatti's 4034lbs. This gives the super-sexy beast a power to weight ratio of only 2.24 lbs. per horsepower compared to the Super Sport's 3.37 lbs. per horsepower.






The Venom GT is based on a Lotus exige and it can reach speeds in excess of 200 miles per hour. Although an official price hasn't been released, online rumors say the price starts at $600,000 US. I think this super car is a true beauty and it delivers everything its hyper fast looks promise. Comments?

2 comments:

Johnny Dookster said...

Does the car also come with a bottle of hennessy? ;-) Eh who cares if does or not. What matters is the way the car looks and performs. I've read that the car is American made which gives it a big plus since our american cars are "notorious" for their quality. Let's show them damn imports what American made has!

Anonymous said...

Johnny america maybe notorious for cars or w/e but we have the 1st and original atomic bomb. America!!!!