500km/h Hennessey Venom F5 targets world speed record

Wild 1355kW Texas hypercar revealed in road-going form; 24 to be built at $2.8m each

The road-going version of the Hennessey Venom F5 has emerged with what’s billed as the world’s most powerful production car engine – a 1355kW 6.6-litre twin-turbocharged V8 designed to send the new American hypercar to a top speed of more than 500km/h.

The top speed claim, which Hennessey plans to verify next year, could hand the Texas-based tuning specialist another world speed record after the previous Venom GT stole the Bugatti Chiron’s thunder in 2014 with a 435km/h run (deemed unofficial, based on the broader Guinness criteria).

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