Hennessey Venom GT acceleration testing

 

The crew at Hennessey has released a new video to showing the world just how quick the Venom GT really with ability run from 0-60 mph in 2.5 seconds, 0-200 mph in 15.3 seconds.

While this wouldn't be terribly exciting with most cars, the Hennessey Venom GT will be powered by a 7.0L twin turbo V8 with 1500 hp (1118 kW) - stick a top speed of 272 mph (440 km/h).

In the quick video of the Venom GT, the car easily rockets to 0-230 mph in 19.96 seconds, that's the kind of speed that will peal your eyelids back if you aren't careful.

As a reminder, the power source is linked to a new seven-speed paddle shift transmission or the six-speed Ricardo manual transaxle along with an impressive power-to-weight ratio of 1:2.2.

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