American manufacturer and tuner Hennessey preparing a more powerful and faster version of its supercar Venom GT. In February Venom GT managed to develop 270.49 miles per hour (453.3 km / h) runway spaceport “Kennedy” and thus improve the achievement of the fastest production car in the world Bugatti Veyron Super Sport. However, the result was not recognized by the Guinness Book of Records as was achieved in only one direction of the track. In Hennessey however noted achievement by running a special version of their supercar named World’s Fastes Edition.
Now Hennessey is preparing to set a new record - 467 km/h. This will create improved car named Venom F5. It will be equipped with the same 7.0-liter bi-turbo V8 engine, but its output of 1244 hp It will be increased to over 1400 hp Thus Hennessey Venom F5 will be more powerful and exclusive Koenigsegg One: 1, which was launched in a series of 6 pieces. The engine will work in combination with 6-speed sequential gearbox, which will transmit torque to the rear axle. Moreover supercar will get “smart” traction control working with GPS, which transmits current data on the specific route.
It is expected Hennessey Venom F5 to debut in 2015 and go on sale in 2016. The company plans to make 30 units of the supercar, each of them will cost more than 1.2 million USD.