The Hennessey Venom F5 is an upcoming high-performance sports car manufactured by the American vehicle-manufacturing company Hennessey Special Vehicles which was established in 2017. Hennessey has contracted with Delta Motorsport of Silverstone, England for the development of the vehicle, which will be the company's first all new proprietary vehicle as an accredited titled manufacturer. Delta Motorsport also produced all of the previous generation Venom GT cars for Hennessey at its facility in England. The F5 name is a reference to the F5 tornado, the highest rating on the Fujita scale, attaining speeds as high as.
Initial release
An exterior mock-up of the F5 was unveiled at the US SEMA Show in Las Vegas on November 1, 2017. This did not contain an engine or an interior.
Specifications
Initial reports had the Venom F5 powered by a completely bespoke and proprietary 7.4 L twin-turbochargedV8 engine; later it was revealed that while being still in development, the engine is to have an even larger capacity of 8.0 liters but the final displacement of the engine was revealed to be 6.6 liters. The engine is confirmed to have a power output of and of torque. The Venom F5 will have an LS-based iron block engine. The top speed is claimed to be through a V-MAX speed-tracking system. Hennessey predicts the car will accelerate from in a time of under 10 seconds and from in a time of about 20 seconds. The available transmissions will be a Cima 7-speed single-clutch semi-automatic transmission with paddle shifters, driving the rear wheels, making the car rear-wheel drive along with a 6-speed manual transmission, both transmissions being offered as an option to customers. The chassis and body will be made almost entirely of carbon fiber. Active aerodynamics are now paired with the body, a first for Hennessey. The weight reportedly stands at with fluids, setting the power-to-weight ratio at 1,358 hp per ton. Because of the use of active aerodynamics and a sleek, new design it has an estimated. The brakes are from Brembo, and the car is fitted with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires.
Production
The price of the car in the United States will be, and in Europe with the planned production of only 24 units. The owners of the car will be hand-picked, in lieu of "first come, first serve" basis.
