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11-21-2007, 08:07 AM
Latest US 'Veyron Slayer' unveiled
American company unveils Exige-a-like hypercar.
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Hennessey Performance Engineering - famed mainly for completely bonkers 1,000bhp Dodge Vipers has unveiled its first attempt at a ground-up original supercar, to be called the Venom GT.
It would use the twin-turbo Dodge V10 from the company's Venom 1000 cars, mounted in a midships chassis with power going through a six-speed manual gearbox to the rear wheels.
Despite claims of a 0-60 time of 2.5 seconds and a power-to-weight ratio of just under 1,000bhp per tonne, company founder John Hennessey is quick to point out that his new car is not being built as a direct competitor to the Veyron, "'The Veyron is an ultra fast and ultra luxurious grand touring car which also happens to be quicker and faster than any other road car, except for our Venom 1000 Twin Turbo SRT which beat the Veyron earlier this year from 0-200 mph. The Venom GT will be a much more engaging sports car to drive by challenging the driver with 1000+ HP in a chassis that is nearly 1500 lbs lighter than the Bugatti."
He claims that he already has several existing Hennessey customers who want to buy the new car, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the Lotus Exige GT1. His plan is to have a prototype ready by 2009 and, if demand is strong enough, put it into limited production soon after that.
:corn
American company unveils Exige-a-like hypercar.
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4638/16246us0.jpg
Hennessey Performance Engineering - famed mainly for completely bonkers 1,000bhp Dodge Vipers has unveiled its first attempt at a ground-up original supercar, to be called the Venom GT.
It would use the twin-turbo Dodge V10 from the company's Venom 1000 cars, mounted in a midships chassis with power going through a six-speed manual gearbox to the rear wheels.
Despite claims of a 0-60 time of 2.5 seconds and a power-to-weight ratio of just under 1,000bhp per tonne, company founder John Hennessey is quick to point out that his new car is not being built as a direct competitor to the Veyron, "'The Veyron is an ultra fast and ultra luxurious grand touring car which also happens to be quicker and faster than any other road car, except for our Venom 1000 Twin Turbo SRT which beat the Veyron earlier this year from 0-200 mph. The Venom GT will be a much more engaging sports car to drive by challenging the driver with 1000+ HP in a chassis that is nearly 1500 lbs lighter than the Bugatti."
He claims that he already has several existing Hennessey customers who want to buy the new car, which bears more than a passing resemblance to the Lotus Exige GT1. His plan is to have a prototype ready by 2009 and, if demand is strong enough, put it into limited production soon after that.
:corn