Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster Debuts At the moment: See The Livestream

Texas-based Hennessey is about to blow the roof off the Venom F5 to offer it limitless headroom for a Roadster model. To make a presence at The Quail, the roofless hypercar will function a alternative for the Venom GT Spyder. Very similar to its predecessor, it may have a detachable prime, permitting homeowners to take off the panels and benefit from the climate whereas listening to extra of that sweet-sounding V8.

Except for publishing a revealing picture for the livestream, Hennessey confirms the Venom F5 Roadster will inherit the twin-turbo 6.6-liter “Fury” engine from the coupe. The American tuner claims it’s going to be probably the most highly effective roadster of all of them by packing an astounding 1,817 hp. It ought to have the identical immense torque of 1,193 pound-feet (1,617 Newton-meters) coming from an engine loosely based mostly on an LS V8.

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Chances are high the gearbox will probably be an identical as effectively, that means a seven-speed, single-clutch semi-automatic with paddle shifters will route the huge output solely to the rear wheels. We’re curious to learn the way a lot it weighs in comparison with the coupe, which suggestions the scales at just one,360 kilograms (2,998 kilos). One of many causes it is so light-weight has to do with a obtrusive omission for the reason that Venom F5 lacks airbags.

Hennessy is making solely 24 Venom coupes and these have been lengthy offered out. We’re anticipating the Roadster to be unique as effectively and will not be too shocked if it’s going to price greater than the $2.1-million coupe.

In the end, we will solely think about the Spyder will try to exceed the 265.6 mph (427.4 km/h) reached by the Venom GT Spyder in March 2016 when it beat the Bugatti Veyron Tremendous Sport Vitesse by 11 mph. Nevertheless, the primary activity is to smash the 300-mph barrier with the coupe. Ideally, it’s going to be the common velocity of two runs in reverse instructions as a substitute of only one, which was the case with the 304-mph Chiron Tremendous Sport 300+.