Hennessey has revealed what it claims to beryllium the fastest convertible ever created: a roofless variant of the stripped-out, track-focused Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution.
As the rubric suggests, it is called the Venom F5 Revolution Roadster and it volition acceptable you backmost a whopping $3 cardinal (approx. R56 million) if you were fortunate capable to get your bid successful aboriginal enough.
They volition beryllium making 12 units and arsenic you tin spot successful the images it is simply a just spot much hardcore than the ‘regular’ Venom F5 Roadster.
It gains caller fascias with bigger splitters and diffusers, a large ol’ helping astatine the back, and dive planes connected the corners of the beforehand clip. And yes, there’s a extortion scoop for the motor contempt this car’s removable top. It’s connected to the motor screen and overlaps the cockpit conscionable somewhat erstwhile the single-piece extortion is out.
The ‘Fury’ 6.6-litre twin-turbo V8 returns with reworked cooling and an output of 1,817 HP (1,355 kW). Power is sent to the rear wheels utilizing the aforesaid seven-speed automatic gearbox, but this has present been calibrated for competitory use.
As a result, the American firm, noted for its speed-centric attack to car design, promises “phenomenal acceleration”. The Revolution Roadster volition astir apt spell beyond the roadworthy car’s 2.6s zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) clip and could adjacent propulsion further than its claimed 300 mph (482 km/h) apical speed.
The Revolution Roadster offers an “unmatched visceral driving experience”, said founder Jon Hennessey, and has been created to crush thigh records.
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