Hennessey’s 1,200HP Venom GT Heading to Pebble Beach Festival

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).

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Hennessey’s 1,200HP Venom GT Heading to Pebble Beach Festival

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).

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VIDEO: R&T Takes Hennessey's Venom GT Out on the Track

Remember Hennessey’s barnstorming, 1,200 hp (895 kW) Venom GT? Well its back and the journalistic titans at Road & Track have driven it. And there’s a video, to boot. Weighing in at a lithe 2,685 lbs (1,218 kg), the phenomenal Venom GT builds on Hennessey’s experience with tuning the Viper, 5th generation Camaro and various Cadillacs, among many others. It’s a simple formula, really. Big power + light weight = big fun. Read more »

Hennessey Unleashes the Supercharged HPE600 Camaro with 602HP

Hennessey Performance has released another performance upgrade for Chevy's new Camaro SS, called the HPE600, based on 2010-2011 LS3 or L99 powered versions. It encompasses, among other things, a TVS2300 Supercharger System, which raises output to 602 hp and 595 lb-ft (807 Nm) of torque.

The Texas-based tuner claims that the HPE600 is capable of completing the 0-60mph (96km/h) sprint in the mid 3-second range and run the quarter mile (~400 meters) in 11 seconds.

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