Hennessey Performance, the creator of some of the world’s most powerful cars such as the Cadillac V1000 CTS-V Coupe, will hold the U.S. debut of its 1,200HP Venom GT supercar tomorrow, August 17, at the McCall’s Motorworks Revival during the Pebble Beach festival.
It will be the first official appearance of the Venom GT in the U.S. after its overseas debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in UK last month (where it scared a Bugatti Veyron SuperSports).
Gordon McCall’s CEO, Don Goldman, said: “We are very excited to have the opportunity to show the Venom GT to our friends and fellow enthusiasts at what has become one of the biggest and best car enthusiast events in the world”.
A bright yellow Venom GT will also be on display at the Portolla Plaza Hotel in Monterey from Thursday until Saturday.
The Lotus Elise-based Hennessey Venom GT is one of the most exclusive supercars in production, since only five cars will be hand-crafted over a period of six months each year. It’s also one of the most expensive, costing $950,000 excluding options and shipping.
But its immense horsepower, along with its lightweight construction (it tips the scales at just 1,200 kg or 2,685 lbs) gives it an extremely low power to weight ratio.
According to the company’s founder and president John Hennessey, the Venom GT is “superior to all other road cars, and comparable only to dedicated race cars. It’s a driver’s car, a supercar with a soul that will give you as much speed and performance as you dare ask of it”.
With 1,200HP on tap from the twin-turbocharged, Corvette-sourced V8 and a Veyron-humbling 0-200 km/h (0-125 mph) time of 7.0 seconds flat, we wouldn’t dare ask for more.
Story sources: Hennessey Performance via Teamspeed
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