VIDEO & A NOTE: Hennessey Updates Us On The Venom GT, You Can Hear The S/C Whine From HERE!

You have to love this guy. A real enthusiast building cars as he imagined them.

AND he must have a love for the Corvette ZR1's powerplant as he will be working with it, yet again!

Take a peek at the note he penned and the two videos of the Venom GT. It is panning out to be an incredibly impressive looking machine...

Hennessey's note follows:

Dear Fellow Gearhead,
 
I was able to drive our Venom GT supercar for the first time last week.  It was a magical experience.  This is a vehicle that I have dreamed about since I was 12 years old and is now very much a reality.  Here is a short YouTube video with some sights and sounds of the Venom GT on the roads near Silverstone, England

**Editor's note: videos moved to the bottom
 
And here are some first impressions: It is quick, as you would expect. Curb weight is very light at 2,400 lbs, and our prototype is powered by a mildly-tweaked 6.2L supercharged LS9 V8 producing 725bhp, so naturally I was expecting it to feel fast. But what shocked me was how docile the car is to drive at any speed. It was just as happy to meander along at 20 mph through English country villages as it was to effortlessly accelerate to 120 mph. The sense of driver confidence it gave me was astounding. Cornering speeds on street tires felt as good or better than some race cars I have driven on full race slicks. The aerodynamic package is truly amazing.
 
That is all that I can tell you for now. We will keep you up to date as we continue to test the Venom GT on both the road and the track. So stay tuned!
 
And even though the Venom GT is big news, Hennessey Performance is still is doing a number of other cool, new things! Check out the links below for exciting news regarding one our latest projects: The Porsche Panamera Turbo!
 
Thank you for your continued interest in our efforts to make fast cars go faster. And thank you for sharing this passion with us. Talk to you soon, and as my good friend Bruce Meyer says:
 
Never Lift!

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