The New Fastest Production Car In The World Is The Hennessey Venom GT
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[quote=Wired.com]What happens when you stretch a Lotus Exige just enough to squeeze a 1,244-horsepower Corvette engine into it? You get the Hennessey Venom GT, and a new record for the quickest car in the world.[/quote]
[url=http://www.wired.com/autopia/2013/01/hennessey-venom-gt-quickest/][source][/url]
As people below have pointed out, this is not top speed, but acceleration. Just to clarify.
It's beautiful
It looks gorgeous IMO
Wow, I should have checked the volume before playing this, It got so loud on the left.
Beautiful car and sounds mean.
It isn't the fastest car, but it does accelerate the fastest.
It's not really "The fastest in the World", more of "The fastest accelerating to 300km/h in the world". I really want to see how fast it can go around a track.
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Same company ?
Fuck yeah, Hennessey's been trying to take the fastest production car title for a while.
Good on them.
[editline]25th January 2013[/editline]
oh and to save some of you a google search, 300 Km/h is roughly 185 MPH
So, has he reimbursed all those people he has been screwing over in the past by "tuning" Dodge Vipers?
I've always maintained that it looks like a stretched Lotus Exige.
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[editline]25th January 2013[/editline]
After 3 seconds on Wikipedia, confirmed. The Venom GT is based on a highly modified Lotus Exige chassis.
Pretty little thing, and it makes all the right noises. I dearly want one of these in my driveway.
Above 250 it sounds like a fucking jet engine winding up for take off.
That's an acceleration of 6.11m/s^2 for those of you who were curious. Holy shit that's good acceleration.
jesus christ
1244 horsepower?
The breaks would be shot to shit after using it a lot.
[QUOTE=Pierrewithahat;39358971]Above 250 it sounds like a fucking jet engine winding up for take off.[/QUOTE]
[video=youtube;l1r2hEpes64]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1r2hEpes64[/video]
jet engine you say?
[QUOTE=Grasp;39359753][video=youtube;l1r2hEpes64]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1r2hEpes64[/video]
jet engine you say?[/QUOTE]
Needs a World War era flame thrower built in so when you it max speed.... Death metal plays and everyone around you shits themselves.
[QUOTE=Itsjustguy;39358442][img]https://7chan.org/class/src/13411513909.jpg[/img]
Same company ?[/QUOTE]
Literally the first thing I thought when I saw this thread.
So what happens if you drive full speed with this car straight ahead, and then you yank the steering wheel to the side as hard as you can?
Oh my god it's so tiny and cute
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[QUOTE=Gekkosan;39359933]So what happens if you drive full speed with this car straight ahead, and then you yank the steering wheel to the side as hard as you can?[/QUOTE]
rollercoaster ride
Ahh the venom GT...
SHIT company, great car. (seriously john henessy has fucked over a lot of people, a quick google search will tell you that much)
And if this counts, then another car of theirs, the Ford GT should have the record. (2000 hp, 216 mph on the half mile in under 16 seconds)
Could someone tell me what that little hit marker looking thing in the middle of the speedometer is called? Or what it is as a matter of fact? It seems like it's judging how good the dude shifts and if that's what it is doing, can I get a gauge like that thrown in my care fairly easy?
[QUOTE=find me;39360304]Could someone tell me what that little hit marker looking thing in the middle of the speedometer is called? Or what it is as a matter of fact? It seems like it's judging how good the dude shifts and if that's what it is doing, can I get a gauge like that thrown in my care fairly easy?[/QUOTE]
It's a G meter. Measuring the forces of gravity as the car accelerates, if it were cornering it'd move from side to side
Amazing that it still pulls 0.8g's in fifth gear.
[QUOTE=FalconKrunch;39360389]Amazing that it still pulls 0.8g's in fifth gear.[/QUOTE]
1244 RWHP + 1244 KG car means that the ridiculous boost in the turbos will simply not die out until the transmission tops out.
[QUOTE=J!NX;39359744]The breaks would be shot to shit after using it a lot.[/QUOTE]
Yes and the brakes on my Jeep Cherokee would be shot to shit after using them.... a lot...
Beautiful car though. That thing accelerates about 3 times faster than most average 'high end' cars out there today. Hmm, put Jeremy Clarkson in it, I want to see some carnage.
[QUOTE=Grasp;39359753][video=youtube;l1r2hEpes64]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1r2hEpes64[/video]
jet engine you say?[/QUOTE]
I was going through the movie and thought "huh, doesnt sounds that good..." but then it kicked up a notch and I thought it was time to die.
As awesome as it is, that thing would be absolutely terrifying to drive. Over 1,200hp in a car that light is madness.
[editline]26th January 2013[/editline]
And I want one
And your whole fuel runs out in 5 mins. Like the bugatti.
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