Hennessey Venom GT to debut at 2010 Geneva Motor Show
Hennessey Venom GT - Click above for high-res image gallery
It's been two long years since John Hennessey announced plans to build his very own supercar, and we were beginning to wonder if it was ever going to happen. Apparently, Hennessey's plans are still a go as the Texas tuner just announced through its newsletter that the Venom GT will make its official public debut at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show in March.
Since the initial press release, Hennessey has made a few changes to the car's proposed specs. Listed curb weight has dropped from 2700 to 2400 lbs and the engine is now a "Hennessey V8" rather than a twin-turbo Viper V10. Power rating is "up to 1,200 bhp" rather than the initially stated 1,000 and top speed has been listed as 272 mph. No matter what the final specifications, it sounds like the Venom GT will be sure to impress.
Gallery: Hennessey Venom GT
[Source: Hennessey Performance Engineering]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
MachinaDC5 10:35AM (8/12/2009)
Well... I guess it'll be fast enough for me... maybe...
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chconline 12:25PM (8/12/2009)
Not any faster than the rate of money scammed from your bank account ;)
some1 5:25PM (8/12/2009)
"Hennessey Venom GT"
How does he do it? Well first he parts out the cars other people give him to tune, and then he moves on to only making.... none.... and while this is happening, he removes money from your bank account!
oh and don't forget the flamming on forums... he gets that in while not doing any work on peoples cars...
phooky 10:35AM (8/12/2009)
Autoblog never listens to its readers.
1-- HOW DO I MAKE THAT THING ON THE HOMEPAGE STAY CLOSED?!?!?
2-- Every single post about this guy leads to a ton of comments about his bad business practices. Yet you guys never ever mention these in your (repeated) postings about him, actually portraying him in a fair light. I understand your need to post all the news, but shouldn't you at least include both sides? How much does Hennessey pay you guys??
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phooky 10:43AM (8/12/2009)
For those of you who want BALANCED news, a quick googling led me to this post about Hennessey's business practices: http://www.vadriven.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5418
I'm sure others who are more familiar with the matters can provide more recent updates on his shady activities.
Mr Clickerson 3:12PM (8/12/2009)
Honestly... Stop crying.
phooky 3:15PM (8/12/2009)
Honestly... Who's crying? This commenting system was implemented to let the readers voice our opinions. If you have a problem with that, don't read em. No one's forcing you to.
Mr Clickerson 3:18PM (8/12/2009)
Just as no one is forcing you to read this article. You don't like it don't read it and move on. Everyone knows about Hennessey's "bad business practices"- it's spammed all over every Hennessey article, but even then, the business practices are irrelevant since they have nothing to do with the CAR.
Like I said, stop crying. And just a recommendation- take your own advice.
phooky 3:24PM (8/12/2009)
I love when I don't even need to argue with people, because their comments are stupid enough on their own.
"You don't like it don't read it and move on."
"Like I said, stop crying. And just a recommendation- take your own advice."
Wow can you be more of a hypocrite? You contradicted yourself so clearly within 4 sentences. That takes a certain kind of stupid.
Take your own advice-- you don't like it don't read it and move on. Stop crying about my comments.
Mr Clickerson 3:47PM (8/12/2009)
There's a difference between crying and telling someone to shut up. You're complaining- I'm telling you to shut up- rather than not replying, you start going on about how I don't have to read it; see: my first comment.
BTW:
Take my own advice? "My advice" was what you were trying to tell me about your comments. I merely redirected it at you about the article.
You're right... Contradicting yourself does take some kind of stupid. I'll see if you can figure out where you screwed yourself.
some1 5:34PM (8/12/2009)
your both crying...
the only difference is phooky doesn't have a problem with it
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Mr Clickerson is being a hypocrite.
The constant spamming of this guy on every post is a good thing, the man doesn't deserve any attention, and considering that autoblog is biased to support him, the postings balance it out.
YOU may not care, but im sure anyone reading these articals, that was intending to buy something from him, will be thankful.
i personally would like to know someone is a piece of dirt before doing any buisness with him. I like how Autoblog brings of alot of interesting facts, some nice, others not, but for the one man who deserves to get smeared every time his name is posted, they sure are lacking in this area.
so how bout you just let people post what they want, because to some, its actually welcome/helpful
Mr Clickerson 6:00PM (8/12/2009)
some1:
Apparently you don't understand what crying is. Telling someone to shut up =/= crying (see first comment- doesn't complain, doesn't do anything other than telling him to shut his trap- after all, it is a worn out, tired argument that won't change a blessed thing). Defending your stance on something =/= crying. Complaining about an article related to a car not including the dirt on the guy producing it = crying.
Hennessey's business practices are irrelevant- this article is about a concept car from his company, not a court hearing. If you're going to take up that stance, then maybe AB should kick some dirt onto all the shady dealerships related to whichever car company any particular article may deal with- it's pointless. If he does something screwed up, I'm sure they'll cover it, but they're going to stick to the topic at hand. What is the topic at hand? The "Hennessey Venom GT"- not business practices. Your wishes for some sort of disclaimer are null- AB doesn't advertise, they report.
So- as I said to Phooky: stop crying- unless, of course you want to continue with this nonsense.
some1 6:13PM (8/12/2009)
LOL what a joke
so you think that when you tell someone to shut up you aren't crying? nice...
your crying, get over it. Autoblog reports shady crap all the time, and they report bias material like any other news outlet... everyone here is just wondering why so positive about this man.
you can define crying in your own words all you want, so as to deflect any notion that your being a hypocrite, but your crying, he was crying, and now im crying over your comments(aside from the dirt bag this artical is about)...
every artical that is posted on autoblog about this man is going to contain a massive amount of postings countering the positive press he gets, yet doesn't deserve. You can CRY about this fact all you want, but it will not change. so why are you fighting it?
and i know his media attention wont change either, he will continue to be looked at in a positive light, for his "awesome" cars, that he fails to actually make. But at least with these posts, people can warn others before they get screwed.
you see, my(and others) crying protects people from getting into a bad business situation...
your crying... well... does nothing really.
Mr Clickerson 6:19PM (8/12/2009)
"What a joke"
Describes your post perfectly... I guess I'm going to have to be the bigger man and end this. If you want to carry on by yourself, you can just look at my previous posts and continue your little circle. Have a nice day- hope you don't cry too much after this; I know, the truth hurts, but if you just accept the fact that you're wrong, it's not that bad.
some1 6:54PM (8/12/2009)
lol
RX-8 10:39AM (8/12/2009)
Looks like a stretched Lotus Exige.
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Michael Denham 10:41AM (8/12/2009)
Was just going to say that :) Especially if you compare it to the gt version:
http://onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Lotus-Exige.jpg
Bungle 10:53AM (8/12/2009)
Yeah, there's no way this thing is not based on the Lotus Elise GT1:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:LotusExigeGT3.JPG
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzPDe0JbrrU
Not saying that's a bad thing... just looks too similar to be a coincidence.
MachinaDC5 11:16AM (8/12/2009)
The side profile makes it look more Carrera GT-like.
Joe K. 12:26PM (8/12/2009)
The page detailing the car:
http://www.hennesseyperformance.com/hennesseyperformance/ItemDetail.php?Item_ID=319&cart=LDWVCApA&DoThis=Hennessey+Venom+GT&ActionReq=Where
And the note at the bottom:
Note: HPE is not affiliated with Lotus Cars.