- Hennessey’s second Carbon Series Venom F5 is a master class in carbon fiber engineering and assembly.
- The finished car features a consistent weave pattern between all exposed panels from bumper to bumper.
- The Venom F5 delivers 1,817 horsepower, targets speeds over 300 mph, and boasts a price tag above $3 million.
The Hennessey Venom F5 is the type of car that sounds almost impossible. It makes 1,817 horsepower (1,354 kW), has a target top speed of over 300 mph (482 km/h), and costs north of three million dollars. Owners can enjoy the hypercar even when it’s standing still though and that comes down to incredible attention to detail.
This isn’t the first time that we’ve seen the Carbon Series. It debuted back in August of 2023 but during that event, we didn’t get a chance to see just how detailed the carbon work is. Now, the design chief at Hennessey, Nathan Malinick is revealing the process to make the carbon fiber weave match from bumper to bumper.
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Plenty of car companies sell their supercars in a bare carbon fiber state. The weave itself is attractive and hints at the engineering that goes into the car itself. The Hennessey Venom F5’s hood, for example, demonstrates the uniform weave split down the middle.
It’s where one panel meets another that really makes this car special though. The weave might not be physically the same between panels but it’s crafted to look uniform. Hennessey says it had to go to extreme lengths to make that possible. Just the design phase added extra complication because the team had to consider how the weave would interact from one part to the next.
The weave from bumper to bumper lines up “line for line” according to Malinick. In cases where a panel was slightly off, it was rejected and thrown out in favor of building a whole new piece that would match perfectly. Take a close look at the rear bumper wing and fender area for a great example of how complex this job must have been.
According to Malinick, Hennessey developed a near-100 page “Bible” of sorts during the design and engineering process so that it can reliably replicate in the future. There’s no question that the finished product looks like a million bucks. Okay, maybe three million.