Hennessey performance
| Hennessey Performance Engineering | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | December 31, 1992 |
| Seat |
Sealy (Texas) 
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| management | Don Goldman, John Hennessey |
| Number of employees | approx. 30 |
| Branch | Automobiles |
| Website | www.hennesseyperformance.com |
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Hennessey Performance is a company of car tuning and a small series - automobile manufacturer based in Sealy , Texas .
history
Its young founder John Hennessey first impressed with the Mitsubishi 3000 GT and soon with the Dodge Viper . Hennessey later acquired a racetrack on Interstate 10 and moved there from Houston . The core offering of Hennessey is significant more power through turbocharger , also double with intercooler , for various automobiles, from sedans of middle class on SUVs to super sports cars .
Hennessey Venom GT
For Spring 2010 Hennessey Venom GT to pointed with eight-cylinder engine of the Corvette and two turbochargers based on the Lotus Elise . The Venom GT was designed in England . It has a displacement of 7 liters , 914 kW (1244 hp) and a power-to-weight ratio of just 1.33 kg / kW (0.98 kg / hp). In January 2013, the Venom GT came from a standstill to 300 km / h in an average of 13.63 seconds, setting a world record for series vehicles. With a measured top speed of 435.31 km / h, it even exceeds the official world record of the Bugatti Veyron .
At the beginning of 2017, production was stopped after 13 copies.
Hennessey Venom F5
On November 1, 2017, a new model, the Venom F5, was presented at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas . The purchase price is approximately 1,600,000 US dollars (1,428,800 euros). 24 copies are to be built. The Hennessey Venom F5 will be over 480 km / h and according to reports the fastest car in the world.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hennessey Performance Engineering . Better Business Bureau of Greater Houston and South Texas. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ^ Csaba Csere: Supercars Can Bite as Hard as They Can Run . In: Car and Driver . Hearst Corporation , September 2002 ( online [accessed April 6, 2014]).
- ↑ Ben Pulman: Hennessey Venom GT (2010) first official pictures . Bauer Media Group . March 29, 2010. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ↑ Our Story . Hennessey performance. Archived from the original on February 10, 2014. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ↑ Video: Watch Hennessey Venom GT supercar smash world record for acceleration . Guinness World Records . January 23, 2013. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
- ↑ Stefan Reichel: Hennessey Venom GT: The fastest car in the world is for sale ( Memento of the original from August 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Auto-Service.de, August 4, 2015
- ↑ The Hennessey Venom GT is running out of speed, AutoBild, January 30, 2017
