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EXCLUSIVE: First shots of the Hennessey Performance Venom GT

Hennessey Performance is on a roll. First we got a Cadillac CTS-V that accelerates so violently it sets off its OnStar system. Then we get a Chevrolet Corvette ZR1-powered pony car that handily won our Best Camaro of SEMA. Now this: The first shots of the Hennessey Venom GT, a lightweight, LS9-powered ICBM aimed directly at the world's hypercar elite. Originally teased way back in November of 2007, the House That Hennessey Built has been working overtime to create this Lotus Elise-based, mid-engine masterpiece for the Geneva Motor Show ... Read more →

2010 Hennessey HP700 Camaro to make official debut at SEMA Drew Phillips

We've seen the pictures. We've seen the videos. Now we're finally going to see the Hennessey HPE700 Camaro in person when it makes its official debut at SEMA next week. There's a lot to love with ...

SEMA 2009: Hennessey preps a 500-hp carbon look Genesis Coupe Sam Abuelsamid

John Hennessey is no stranger to extracting power from already quick cars and giving them a unique appearance. More recently, Hennessey has launched a Tuner School to teach others his craft and ...

VIDEO: LS9-Powered 2010 Camaro SS by Hennessey gets its first dyno pull Jeremy Korzeniewski

By and large, we live in a society obsessed with numbers. How much money do you make? How big is your home? How many ounces is that piece of steak? Of course, those of us who obsessively cover the ...

Exclusive: Hennessey shows off CFD drawings of Venom GT supercar Drew Phillips

At the Quail Motorsports Gathering in Monterey, CA we happened to run into a Mr. John Hennessey admiring the same Lamborghini LP670-4 SV we were drooling over. With the Venom GT set to debut at the ...

Hennessey Venom GT to debut at 2010 Geneva Motor Show 4 months ago on Autoblog

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 ...

2010 Hennessey Z700 unveiled for track-happy ZR1 owners 5 months ago on Autoblog

Hennessey Performance Engineering makes the point that track-oriented Porsche owners can opt up from a normal 911 to a GT3 RS and Viper owners can choose the ACR edition, so what's out there for ZR1 owners who want a more hardcore machine? To answer that question, HPE has introduced the Z700 ...

VIDEO: Commencing countdown, engine on for LS9-powered Hennessey HPE700 5 months ago on Autoblog

Normally the twisting of an ignition key doesn't constitute news here at Autoblog, but this is one of the few exceptions. Back in January, Hennessey Performance announced the HPE700, a concoction born from the combination of an LS9 supercharged V8 from a ZR1 and a 2010 Camaro. The Texas-based ...

It Fits! Hennessey successfully shoves ZR1 LS9 into Camaro 6 months ago on Autoblog

Hennessey Performance has successfully completed the most crucial step in developing its ZR1-powered HPE700: Getting the Corvette ZR1's LS9 motor to fit in the engine bay of the new Camaro. John Hennessey just sent over these images that show the before and after, and from the look of things, ...

VIDEO: Hennessey gets its first Camaro, heads straight to drag strip 7 months ago on Autoblog

Hennessey has some interesting plans for the 2010 Camaro, including the supercharged, 562 horsepower HPE550. The aftermarket powerhouse has already taken delivery on its first 2010 model, an Inferno Orange SS model with a six-speed manual and 426 hp at its beck and call. Wait, make that 446, as ...

VIDEO: Hennessey GTR700 rips 2.8s 0-60 with launch control off 8 months ago on Autoblog

You name it and John Hennessey will make it faster. From Vipers to Vettes to Challengers, Hennessey Performance will take competent sports cars and make them into tire-shredding speed demons with more horsepower than any street-going vehicle should ever logically have. The latest creation to ...

562 hp Hennessey Camaro HPE550 is the Z28 that never was 8 months ago on Autoblog

The Chevrolet Camaro Z28 may be stuck on an indefinite holding pattern, but Hennessey Performance is one of the first aftermarket firms to step up and fill the void between the base SS and Henessey's own 705-hp, ZR1-powered Camaro HPE700. The Camaro HPE550 begins life as a standard SS model, ...

VIDEO: Want to hear what Hennessey's ZR1-powered Camaro will sound like? 9 months ago on Autoblog

Back in January, we showed you an early rendering of the Hennessey HPE700, a car we called the bastard love child of a Camaro SS and Corvette ZR1. Development of the "ZR1 and then some"-powered Camaro is well underway, and John Hennessey of Hennessey Performance Engineering just sent us this ...

Hennessey Performance ready to tap 2010 Ford Taurus SHO's potential 10 months ago on Autoblog

Charles, one of our eagle-eyed readers, came across this page on the Hennessey website announcing plans to offer upgrades for the 2010 Ford Taurus SHO. A quick email and a subsequent phone call from Mr. Hennessey himself confirmed that the power-obsessed tuner is hoping to exploit the new SHO's ...

Hennessey unveils 705 HP Corvette ZR700 upgrade 10 months ago on Autoblog

Not satisfied with the 638 horsepower on tap in your Chevrolet Corvette ZR1? Hennessey Performance has the solution. They've come up with a tuning package that includes a smaller supercharger pulley that increases boost from 11 to 14 psi, an upgraded intercooler, K&N intake, stainless steel ...

Hennessey HPE700: bastard love child of Camaro SS and Corvette ZR1 11 months ago on Autoblog

Following in the footsteps of such legendary Camaro tuners as Yenko Chevrolet, Hennessey Performance Engineering has unveiled the HPE700, which mates a standard 2010 Camaro SS with the supercharged LS9 V8 from the Corvette ZR1. As if that engine alone weren't enough, HPE has tuned the LS9 to ...

Hennessey offers 600 hp tuning package for Nissan GT-R 1 year ago on Autoblog

The Nissan GT-R V Spec will allegedly be packing 520 horses when it arrives some time next year. That still won't be enough for a lot of people (especially folks who want to win seriously competitive drag races), so Hennessey is offering GT-R upgrades that beef Godzilla up to 600 hp. The seven mods ...

SEMA 2008: Hennessey shows a pair of turbocharged Ford GTs 1 year ago on Autoblog

Hennessey is perhaps more closely associated with Dodge Vipers to most people, but they also do work on Ford's late, great supercar, the Ford GT, too. What Hennessey does with the GT is sort of up to you. One option they can do is a swap, wherein the factory supercharger is removed and a pair of ...

Snake Skin Green Hennessey Venom 1000TT up for sale 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for a high resolution image As if 1000 horsepower, 0-60 mph in 2.25 seconds and the huge rear wing didn't attract enough attention. It just had to be in Snake Skin Green. According to Hennessey, this is the first and only Venom Twin-Turbo in this color, and it's listed for sale on ...

Hennessey preparing first production Dodge Viper ACR for One Lap 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above to view Hennessey's Viper ACR upon delivery Gearheads across the country are crossing off days on the calendar until May 2 when One Lap of America returns. The annual event, for those unfamiliar, takes participants across the country on a Cannonball-style rally competing on racetracks ...

Hennessey performance expanding tuning to include ZR1, GT-R and IS F 1 year ago on Autoblog

From the Mustang to the Viper and Veyron, Hennessey Performance has spread its abilities across the performance car spectrum. And with hi-po vehicles like the IS F, ZR1, and GT-R on their way to buyers' garages, John Hennessey says he is working on packages to make all of those cars even higher-po. ...

On the ball: Hennessey already out with SRT700 Dodge Challenger upgrade 1 year ago on Autoblog

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 It's been less than a month since Dodge officially took the wraps off the Challenger SRT8, and horsepower fanatic John Hennessey already has a performance package available called the SRT700 that will have muscle car fans tingling ...

More views of the Hennessey Venom GT 2 years ago on Autoblog

click above for more images of the Hennessey Venom GT We showed you an initial concept sketch of the Hennessey Venom GT last month, and the tuner best known for building ridiculously powerful Dodge Vipers has released another pair of pics, this time showing the mid-engine concept's rear with its ...

Hennessey releases details on Venom GT 2 years ago on Autoblog

Evidently not satisfied with having trounced the Bugatti Veyron in Road & Track's 0-200 mph showdown with its twin-turbo Viper, those tuners on speed over at Hennessey Performance Engineering are preparing a mid-engined supercar of their own. We brought you initial news, coupled with a teaser ...

VIDEO: One Dodge Viper + two honkin' turbos = 220 MPH in 24.1 sec 2 years ago on Autoblog

Hennessey has a long history of making big horsepower, usually involving turbochargers. This in-car video from a breathed-on Viper shows off just how quickly Hennessey's mods can make the scenery blur. We really hate the sound of the fuel pump at the beginning of the clip - it's loud and obtrusive, ...

Hennessey turbo-tunes the Ford GT 2 years ago on Autoblog

Hennessey Performance seems to have a knack for producing modified supercars that are as intoxicating as its namesake Cognac. Hennessey specializes in top-level American muscle, having earned its street cred by strapping twin turbochargers to the Dodge Viper to crank power up to 1000 horsepower. ...

SEMA speed: Hennessey Viper Venom 800R 3 years ago on Autoblog

Updated with Frank's live pics Why worry about superchargers and turbochargers when you've got good old-fashioned cubic inches? After all, bigger is better right? Living up to its VenomAero and Daytona spoiler-equipped body kit, the Hennessey Viper Venom 800R packs an amazing 585 naturally ...

Making the best better: Hennessey developing custom exhaust for Bugatti Veyron 3 years ago on Autoblog

Enormous sums of money went into the development of the epically fast and extraordinarily powerful Bugatti Veyron. The engineers managed to squeeze out a thousand horses from eight liters, sixteen cylinders, sixty-four valves and four turbochargers. But someone out there thinks there's still more ...






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