Say Hello (And Goodbye) To The Last Ever Hennessey Venom GT
After six years in (very) limited production, the Hennessey Venom GT is no more. The 12th car - one of six roadster versions - has been built and sold for $1.2 million to an unnamed buyer.
While its critics are keen to point out its (massively modified) Lotus base, the Venom lives up to its promise of being massively, maddeningly fast. The last cars - including this special ‘glacier blue’ Final Edition - put out 1451bhp via a twin-turbo V8, making 0-60mph possible in 2.4 seconds.
While the car’s 270.4mph top speed recorded at the Kennedy Space Center in 2014 was never a ‘proper’ Guinness world record, it remains a massively impressive feat. The GT did bag an ‘official’ record too, becoming the fastest car to go from 0-300kmh, which it did in just 13.61 seconds.
So long Venom GT, it’s been fun watching you do cool stuff.
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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If you have ever looked into John Hennessey’s past he’s a piece of sh$t
How so? Genuinely curious
I wish we could say goodbye to Hennessey. Crooks like him should be in prison.
Why so?
Yep. Reckon he stopped producing the venom cos he ran out of Ford Focus turbos to bolt on.
Meanwhile in Redview County:
So whats next?
Good bye a car, which I have never seen and I probably will never see!
looks outside
sees 50 Vauxhall Astras parked on a typical UK street
sigh
But hey, you still have your Porsche 718, right?
I think Lotus found out that the Venom is they’r car
It’s completely different, just made to look the same. Probably to reduce design costs
Wait…
I was still waiting for it to start?
What?
Meh
u wot m8
The 0-300 time isn’t the fastest. The One:1 did it in 11.92 seconds. That’s 1.69 seconds faster..
It was probably a record at the time, or the One:1’s time might not have been official.
Will this mean it wont be in forza?