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About Venom F5

The Venom F5 is America's answer to the question that Bugatti and Koenigsegg have been asking for two decades: how fast can a road car go? Named after the F5 tornado, the most violent rating on the old Fujita scale, it was built from scratch by Hennessey Special Vehicles after the company's earlier Venom GT, which was based on a Lotus, proved that a small Texas firm could compete with the world's best. The production car was revealed in 2020, with a carbon-fiber chassis and a target of more than 300 mph.

At the heart of the F5 is Fury, a 6.6-liter twin-turbocharged V8 developed by Hennessey that produces well over 1,800 horsepower. It is paired with a single-clutch automated gearbox and wrapped in a slippery body designed to minimize drag. The car has been tested at high speeds on runways and test tracks, steadily climbing toward its target, and whether it can produce a verified two-way run past 300 mph is the question that hangs over the whole program. Critics question whether such numbers matter; fans argue that the pursuit itself is the point.

Hennessey has expanded the F5 family with a roadster version and the Revolution, a track-focused model with more aggressive aerodynamics and suspension. Production is tightly limited, and each car is heavily personalized. The F5 competes for attention and buyers with the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut and SSC Tuatara, the other contenders in the world's most rarefied speed race, and it remains a point of national pride for American enthusiasts.

This page follows F5 deliveries, top-speed attempts, track tests and auction appearances, as well as news about Hennessey's new Blackbird hypercar, which often shares the headlines. Watch for any verified run past 300 mph, which would cement the car's place in history, and for new limited editions and one-off commissions. The F5's story is ultimately about ambition: a small Texas company daring to take on the European giants on their own terms, and the debate over whether it can finally deliver the speed it promised.

Venom F5

Hennessey's American hypercar, a twin-turbo V8 named for the most violent tornado class and built to chase the 300-mph barrier.

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