Hennessey Particular Autos, the Texas-based hypercar producer, has set out plans for its 1,817bhp Venom F5 to exceed 300mph in 2024. The announcement was timed to coincide with the ten^th anniversary of the corporate’s Venom GT changing into the world’s quickest automobile in February 2014.

2024 marks the tenth anniversary of the Hennessey Venom GT attaining a verified world document 270.49mph high pace to change into the quickest manufacturing automobile ever. To at the present time, the Venom GT stays the world’s quickest guide transmission automobile. The enormous-slaying feat noticed Hennessey exceed the earlier document of 268.86mph held by the Bugatti Veyron Tremendous Sport.

Now, having delivered 22 buyer Venom F5 hypercars, and expanded its engineering workforce, the corporate is about to push in direction of the V-max of ‘America’s Hypercar’. In improvement, the Venom F5 achieved greater than 270mph on the former NASA Shuttle Touchdown Facility at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Now, the search is on for a runway or public street with a sufficiently lengthy strait to permit the 1,817bhp twin-turbo V8 monster to speed up past 300mph and return to zero safely.

John Hennessey, firm founder and CEO: “I really like that Koenigsegg is gearing up for top pace, I hope that Bugatti joins the celebration too – it’s rivalries like this that gas our ardour, and drive us to go sooner, innovate extra, and push more durable! With 22 buyer automobiles delivered and a newly expanded engineering workforce, we’re well-placed to refocus our consideration on enabling the Venom F5 to ship on its potential.

“Our hypercar has a simulated theoretical high pace of 328mph, however we’re definitely not chasing that quantity. Breaking 300mph in two instructions is that this yr’s objective; hitting 500km/h (310.8mph) in a single route can be the last word strategy to have a good time the interior combustion engine!”

The renewed push to change into the world’s quickest hypercar follows Hennessey’s latest recruitment of former AMG ONE Chief Engineer Brian Jones and the 2023 Pikes Peak record-setting racing driver David Donohue. The pair will work with the Hennessey workforce to reveal what is feasible when combining the Venom F5’s bespoke, ultra-lightweight carbon chassis with its 1,187bhp twin-turbocharged V8 ‘Fury’ engine.

Brian Jones, Hennessey VP of Engineering: “I contemplate the Venom F5 an ideal demonstration of ‘peak combustion’ – it blends 1,817bhp of twin-turbocharged V8 energy with simply 2,998lbs (1,360kg) of mass to ship excessive acceleration capabilities. We all know now we have the ability to realize our objectives, so our workforce will work to optimize energy supply and aerodynamics as we push for high pace.”

American racing champion David Donohue will conduct all high-speed testing and document runs having joined Hennessey in 2023 as its hypercar take a look at driver. The 2023 Pikes Peak record-setter introduced greater than three a long time of racing expertise to Hennessey, together with first-place wins at 24 Hours of Le Mans, the North American Touring Automotive Championship, and the Rolex 24 at Daytona.