Source: HennesseyPerformance.com
November 19, 2007

Hennessey Performance Engineering today announced that it is introducing the company's first concept car - The Venom GT.

Penned by British auto designer, Steve Everitt, the Venom GT would incorporate Hennessey's potent Venom 1000 Twin Turbo Viper V10 powerplant into a light weight mid-engine chassis weighing "under 2,700 lbs". Power would be run through a 6-speed transmission or optional sequential gearbox.

With a power to weight ratio of just 2.7 lbs per bhp Hennessey estimates that the Venom GT could attain 0 to 100 km/h times in less than 2.5 sec. and a 0-300 km/h time of around 14 seconds. Company founder, John Hennessey, is careful to point out that the Venom GT is not being built as a "Veyron Slayer". out, "The Veyron is an ultra fast and ultra luxurious grand touring car which also happens to be quicker and faster than any other road car, except for our Venom 1000 Twin Turbo SRT which beat the Veyron earlier this year from 0-200 mph. The Venom GT will be a much more engaging sports car to drive by challenging the driver with 1000+ HP in a chassis that is nearly 1500 lbs lighter than the Veyron."

Hennessey said, "The company already has existing Venom 1000 Twin Turbo clients interested in ordering the lighter, mid-engined Venom GT. "Right now are taking a serious look at building 2 concept cars that could be shown to the public sometime in 2009. If there is enough demand we may consider doing a very limited production run of the Venom GT."

If the Venom GT goes into production, it would be built at the company's facility at Lonestar Motorsports Park which is located just west of Houston, Texas.



Link:

http://www.fast-autos.net/news/130/

 

Hennessey does not have much credibility left,i wonder how he's going to pull this off.

 

Looks like a long wheelbase Elise to me.

 

I thought the same thing. I still dig it!

 

could he possibly rip off a carrera gt and an elise any harder?

 

A little Ultima in there as well. Who knows, they might actually build a car that might handle.

 

If he actually built something like this and it was decent(and not a $225k ripoff like his Venom 1000) then he might be able to pull his name out of the mud just a little.

Too bad the concept drawing isnt exactly original.

 

I wonder how many he will presell then not deliver on?

 

So he shoehorned a Viper V10 into an Elise? I doubt anyone saw that coming...Definitely an interesting idea. I wonder if he'll be able to deliver.

 

I think it looks badass, good luck getting it built, I anxiously await the results...
Peter

 

ding ding ding...winner
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Doesn't this guy have an absolutely terrible reputation in terms of customer service and completing projects on time?

 

The reality is worse then most even know.

 

It's OK looks like a run of the mill Supercar. Needs to make it stand out more.

 

Especially not the people who'd already done it:

http://www.bittercars.com/bitter/bitter.nsf/pages/gt1