Articles about Hennessey Performance

How much power does your camper need?

Looks like Texan-tuner Hennessey is branching out from building 1,000bhp+ Mustangs, six-wheeled pickup trucks and bespoke 400kph+ hypercars, because it has just announced a new options package that it's calling the 'Overland Edition'.OTHER STORIES YOU MIGHT HAVE

Say hello the Venom 1200

We'll get straight to the important stuff: this is a 1,204hp Mustang GT500, which Hennessey calls the Venom 1200.That means it's 58% more powerful than the GT500 on which it's based-which works out fairly well, mathematically

Meet the VelociRaptor 500 Bronco

Hennessey has modified the Ford Bronco Raptor to produce a power level once the sole preserve of supercar exotica. The VelociRaptor 500 Bronco now packs as much power as an old Porsche 911 Turbo.Of course, the factory-fresh Bronco Raptor revealed

In case the ‘regular’ Bronco Raptor’s 400+ horses aren’t enough

Hennessey has modified the Ford Bronco Raptor to produce a power level once the sole preserve of supercar exotica. The VelociRaptor 500 Bronco now packs as much power as an old Porsche 911 Turbo.Of course, the factory fresh Bronco Raptor, revealed

And Hennessey promises similar performance to the hard-top

Wig wearers of the world look away now, for this is the blustery new 400kph+ Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster. Good grief.Hennessey says the Roadster is "nearly identical mechanically" to the F5 coupe, with the carbon-fiber tub meaning just "minor adjustments"

Breezy

As the age-old saying goes, you wait ages for a morsel of news on how development of the world's 300mph+ hypercars is getting on, and then two massive stories drop in the space of 24 hours. It's always the

For those repulsed by subtlety

First announced back in 2020, the Hennessey Mammoth 1000 6x6 TRX is now officially in production. Which means it's time for us all to submit our unconditional surrender and welcome it as our new overlord.No point fighting it, is there?

But the quest for 300mph (480kph) continues

The Hennessey Venom F5 is ready for public consumption, and boy, is there a lot to consume. The F5's chief engineer John Heinricy has officially signed off the car by means of a 270mph+ (435kph+) run. Yeah, that'll do it.

This, or the standard Raptor?

John Hennessey saw that Ford planned to unveil the Bronco Raptor and basically said, "Hold my beer."This is the Hennessey Bronco VelociRaptor 400. It's a souped-up version of the high-demand off-road plaything, and its reveal came several

Place your bets

Ah, another head-to-head drag race. In one corner, we have the Ford F-150 Raptor. Packing a 3.5-liter twin-turbo EcoBoost with 450hp and a whopping 691Nm of torque, and running on a tuned Fox suspension setup, this

Getting a bit of practice for its 500kph target

You've seen it nearly rattle itself free from a dyno, then shoot flames from its quad exhausts. Now it's time to watch Hennessey's Venom F5 have a brief dalliance with the concept of '250mph.' That's just over 400kph.

An ode to gasoline

The last time Hennessey's 6.6-liter V8 stepped onto the dyno, it nearly tore free of its leash. This time, it's threatening to burn them off entirely. Reacquaint yourselves with an engine nicknamed 'Fury.'Hennessey's latest televisual update

Which of these did you find most shocking?

So, in no particular order, here are some of the moments from Planet Car in 2021 that made us go "Eh?" And we begin near the end of the year, with yet another controversial BMW. We shouldn't be shocked by now,

Welcome to Project Deep Space

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos...John Hennessey? Could America's favorite purveyor of hyper-horsepower be about to take the great leap into space? Nah, of course not-just a small step into the outer reaches of his imagination.Meet the Project Deep

Courtesy of 600 thundering horses under the hood

Another day, another wildly powerful pickup truck from Texas-based tuners Hennessey Performance. Only this isn't just another 1,000hp one-off-this is the latest generation of Hennessey's best-selling performance truck, the VelociRaptor 600.It's now based

The Hennessey Venom 775 F-150 will put even other beastly trucks to shame

Ford fans who want nothing else but to trump the menacing Ram 1500 TRX now have a lot of options on their hands. A few months back, we saw the reveal of Shelby's heavily tuned 775hp F-150. Now, we get

The local automotive industry’s getting pretty busy

Only 30 will be built, and each will be individually numbered

This, folks, is an 'extra-special' version of the Hennessey Exorcist. As timely as it is, this has nothing to do with the newly announced The Exorcist trilogy that's set to begin by 2023. Rather, this is Hennessey Performance's way

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This 4x4 will do 0-97kph in 4.9sec

The Internet's hottest off-roader that's not a Defender has already been given the Hennessey treatment. Welcome to the-deep breath-Hennessey VelociRaptor 400 Bronco.Unsurprisingly, the 400 Bronco produces a smidge over 400 horsepower-405hp to be exact-which