Hennessey Performance Engineering is an American tuning house specializing in modifying sports and super cars from several brands like Ferrari, Porsche, McLaren, Chevrolet, Dodge, Cadillac, Lotus, Jeep, Ford, GMC, Lincoln and Lexus. Established in 1991 by John Hennessey, their main facility is located 45 minutes west of Houston, Texas. This firm focuses on mechanical component modification for creating high-powered cars. Besides performance automobiles, they also tune sport utility vehicles such as Ford Raptors and Jeep Cherokees. They also work on luxury cars like Bentleys and muscle cars like Dodge Charger and Challenger.
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Tuner School
In 2008, the Tuner School was founded by the company. It is a private institution dedicated to teach and train high performance vehicle tuner technicians. It is located at Lonestar Motorsports Park, near the Hennessey Performance headquarters. All instructors at this education facility are actual performance tuning mechanics.
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Notable cars
Hennessey Venom GT
In 2010, Hennessey Performance revealed the Hennessey Venom GT, a modified Lotus Exige. It has an engine that generates 1,244 hp and weighs 1,244 kg. Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler purchased a Venom GT roadster for a reported $1,000,000. It has a top speed of 270.49 mph.
Hennessey Venom F5
In late 2017 to early 2018, Hennessey Performance will unveil the Hennessey Venom F5. It is powered by a turbocharged engine that produces 1600 hp.
VelociRaptor SUV
The Hennessey VelociRaptor SUV is a luxury off-road full-size SUV modified from the Ford SVT Raptor. The SUV is limited to 30 produced a year, however since its introduction over 400 versions have been made. It uses the same engine Ford uses for the pickup truck version. The second generation version is a Luxury off-road heavy-duty SUV modified from the 2015 Ford Super Duty Lariat Version, with design cues from the Ford Excursion.
As of 2015, the first generation model has been discontinued.
Hennessey CTS-V
The Hennessey CTS-V is a tuned 2016 Cadillac CTS-V that boasts 1000 horsepower.
Hennessey Exorcist
The Hennessey Exorcist is a Camaro ZL1 that they have tuned to have 1000hp. It can hit 217mph or 349kph which is faster than the Ford GT which starts at $450,000.The Exorcist cost only 55,000 which is double the price of stock ZL1.
Divisions
Hennessey Special Vehicles
Hennessey owns the recently-established Hennessey Special Vehicles division, in which it builds the Hennessey Venom GT sports car line-up. The division is tasked to learn from its experiences with the Venom GT and apply it to the newest variation, the Hennessey Venom F5, which will succeed the Venom GT. All vehicles sold under the division are branded as a regular Hennessey model, despite being built by the division.
The Venom F5 is the first vehicle to be produced by the recently-established division. The car will be the successor to the Venom GT and continue the legacy as World's Fastest Production Car.
See also
- Hennessey Viper Venom 1000 Twin Turbo - Another car tuned by HPE
- Lingenfelter Performance Engineering - A similar company
- Vorsteiner - another similar company, specialising in European Luxury & High Performance Sports Car Brands such as Audi, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and more. They also have a alloy wheels division.
References
External links
- Hennessey Performance Engineering official website
- Tuner School official website
- Hennessey Special Vehicles official website
- Venom GT official website
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