Hennessey venom..... World's fastest production car

[ozonehostile]

So something has finally knocked the Germans bugatti off the top, hennessey venom based on a lotus exige just with a 7l corvette engine and turbozzzz
270mph

Impressive stuff indeed

[THE_Liam]

What a mental thing, typical American thinking. Just stuff a huge engine in it! Not a bad thing...

[Piggy]

Dood...catch up...this has been around for ageeees

[Tom]

Very cool.

[ozonehostile]

Dood...catch up...this has been around for ageeees

I know, but just haven't seen anything about it on here haha

[Piggy]

Dood...catch up...this has been around for ageeees

I know, but just haven't seen anything about it on here haha

It was revealed 4yrs ago nearly and out on the road two years ago...maybe thats why!!

Topgear doesnt exactly keep up with the times

[ozonehostile]

Dood...catch up...this has been around for ageeees

I know, but just haven't seen anything about it on here haha

It was revealed 4yrs ago nearly and out on the road two years ago...maybe thats why!!

Topgear doesnt exactly keep up with the times

Didn't realise it was that long ago haha, just came across it trawling through youtube lol

[Piggy]

Still epic.

Not got world record though as its not officially a production car and did only one run at 270mph

[ADV_93]

a video went viral of this about a year ago when it hit 180 mph in 13 seconds or something

[7057sam]

That was amazing

[tigerstyle]

Dood...catch up...this has been around for ageeees

I think this Guinness attempt is actually recent?

[Piggy]

Dood...catch up...this has been around for ageeees

I think this Guinness attempt is actually recent?

As I said, it wont make the books though due to many reasons

[Pete]

Bat-shit acceleration. In typical 'Murica! fashion not a corner in sight though lol

[C.A.R.]

Dood...catch up...this has been around for ageeees

Hardly, it only set that speed the other day?! It was only reported on yesterday!

Whilst impressive it's not got a patch on the engineering of the Veyron. Introduce a slight corner, or a crosswind and I know what car I'd rather be in at 200+!

Oh and it's assembled in Bedfordshire

[Piggy]

It set most of its records years back and did do unconfirmed 270mph couple years back in testing...just this is first time others have been watching/filming.

True to say, you have to question quality/engineering, as there must be a reason why it was only able to do one run at 270!!

[RetroPug]

As well...how difficult is it actually just to get virtually the biggest displacement engine you can and shove in to a light chassis based on an existing car...?

[tigerstyle]

Oh and it's assembled in Bedfordshire

Say what?

[RetroPug]

Oh and it's assembled in Bedfordshire

Say what?

It is based on a lotus exige platform and uses lotus VIN numbers, they are registered as heavily modified exiges.

[C.A.R.]

Assembled in Norfolk/Silverstone allegedly!

You have to wonder what a Veyron SS would do given some extra space though...

[C2K]

It set most of its records years back and did do unconfirmed 270mph couple years back in testing...just this is first time others have been watching/filming.

True to say, you have to question quality/engineering, as there must be a reason why it was only able to do one run at 270!!

Go and read the stories surrounding it, rather than hypothesising from the video.

The run was done on the space shuttle landing strip, NASA would only allow them to do one run. They've been setting records with the GT40 Camo car for many years, so that in itself is a testament to their engineering skills.

[tigerstyle]

Assembled in Norfolk/Silverstone allegedly!

Well both of those aren't Bedfordshire, but very interesting to read the bits on Wikipedia about it, strange strange strange production process?!?!

[Poodle]

Lol Hennessey have been twisting cars into monsters for years, from what i've seen half the point of the venom is to demonstrate that Americans can make cars that handle too. Quality of engineering? Well they've been successfully modifying the higher part of the high-performance market for long enough now that they can charge huge amounts to teach other people how, i daresay they can handle it lol.