Hennessey Venom F5 finally revealed in production guise

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Only 24 will be made with a starting price of $2,1 million

Just over six years since the project was announced and a rendering released, Hennessey Performance has finally shown the running, production version of its new supercar, the Hennessey Venom F5. It still looks similar to the original rendering and concept. The production model gives us our first real look at the car's interior, too.

The basic shape of the Venom F5 stays fairly true to the original concept. The carbon fiber monocoque is very curvy with a low nose, huge vents, and slightly narrow cabin. But there are subtle changes throughout. Creases have been softened everywhere on the car. The big fixed wing is gone. The carbon fiber engine cover has smaller vents. Quad tailpipes stick out the back instead of the triple pipes arranged in a triangle found on the concept. They're all changes we think are improvements, and make the car look more mature and serious, especially in the moody dark blue of this example.

Looking at the interior, the dominating feature is the wild steering wheel that looks like a cross between a Formula One wheel and an airplane yoke. All of the car's main controls such as turn signals, wipers and lights are on the wheel's face. The rest of the interior is reminiscent of other high-performance supercars. Most every surface is bare carbon fiber, except for some leather coverings on the dash and on the seat pads, as well as aluminum plates in the grab handles with the American and Texas flags. Screens make up the instrument cluster and infotainment.

The car's specifications haven't changed since the reveal of the final engine. It's a twin-turbocharged 6.6-liter V8 making 1,817 horsepower and 1,193 pound-feet of torque. The car weighs in at 2,998 pounds. Hennessey claims a 0-62 mph time of less than 3 seconds and a 0-124 mph time of less than 5 seconds. Famed GM engineer John Heinricy also signed on with Hennessey to help fine tune the car's driving dynamics, too.

Hennessey is also still aiming for a top speed of more than 311 mph with the Venom F5. The company is slated to do a run next year at the NASA space shuttle landing strip. And in a clear effort to avoid the same controversy that has surrounded the SSC Tuatara, Hennessey has stated that Racelogic engineers will be on hand to install the VBOX data recorders and to verify data collected. Unedited video and GPS data will be shared publicly following the run, and witnesses will be at the event.

Hennessey will build 24 examples of the Venom F5 coupe. The company has previously stated that 12 will be sold in the United States and the other 12 will go to overseas buyers. Each one has a starting price of $2.1 million. Deliveries are set to begin next year in time for Hennessey Performance's 30th anniversary. Once the coupes are built and sold, Hennessey will likely begin production of the Venom F5 roadster announced last year.

https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/15/...m-f5-revealed/

[AlexFL]

Wow, Ferrari front and McLaren rear. But looks great!

[VisualEcho]

Am I the only one that's sick of seeing the same car done by different manufacturers? It has become formula now. And yeah, they're all fantastically awesome, but the formula has gotten very old IMO.

[Humdizzle]

looks good. hopefully they can find a way to put that power down.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Originally Posted by AlexFL

Wow, Ferrari front and McLaren rear. But looks great!

Spot on .

[chassis]

I like it. Big HP/liter number.

[Tambohamilton]

If I was to spend that money on a car, I'd want much much better welding on my beautiful intake plenum. It's a no from me, in the parallel universe where I have millions to spend on a car.

[Alfisti]

My son has this on his wall. To me, it is far, far cleaner to look at than many of the current exotics with their cuts and lines everywhere. This is 1992 Ferrari F1 car compared with mess that was the cars in 2008.

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[sycamore07]

That looks impressive.

[383vett]

I wouldn't trust the man. I have a friend, a Corvette racer that got screwed by Hennesey years ago. Examples of his shady past.

https://www.carthrottle.com/post/wpqymry/

[FC4]

Originally Posted by VisualEcho

Am I the only one that's sick of seeing the same car done by different manufacturers? It has become formula now. And yeah, they're all fantastically awesome, but the formula has gotten very old IMO.

Seriously. One engine, two seats, four wheels, windows...it's the same shit over and over again. They really need to get more creative.

[VisualEcho]

Originally Posted by FC4

Seriously. One engine, two seats, four wheels, windows...it's the same shit over and over again. They really need to get more creative.

Not all of they...

[Tambohamilton]

Originally Posted by VisualEcho

Not all of they...

Now that is cool! What is it?

[_X]

Originally Posted by Tambohamilton

Now that is cool! What is it?

BAC Mono I believe

[VisualEcho]

Originally Posted by Tambohamilton

Now that is cool! What is it?

Yup, BAC Mono.

It's what I get when I sell the Exige. Believe it or not, it's a street car .

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There is even a Doug DeMuro review of it (personally can't stand him): "Thisssss is a 2015 BAC Mono"...

[Tambohamilton]

Nice. I like it!

10% of the price of the Hennessey too!

[CalAcacian]

I'm impressed. Truly clean looking design with proven partners making many of the components. We will see what it can do on the NASA runway.

The Venom GT will always hold a special place in my heart though. The video of Matt Farah barely being able to speak while driving it was something.