Hennessey Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster

Jonathan19 · Jul 31, 2023

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Hennessey Venom F5 Successor Could Take Inspiration From The Porsche Carrera GT
John Hennessey says that the brand's customers have insisted it introduces a new combustion-powered supercar!

A Carrera GT Style car by Hennessey?

F**** yes!

Tourbillon · Jul 31, 2023

Tourbillon · Aug 8, 2023

Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Roadster is world's fastest open-top | Autocar

American company's new £2.4 million convertible hypercar joins coupé track car in targeting lap records

www.autocar.co.uk

Hennessey's Venom F5 Revolution Roadster is fastest ever open-top
American company's new £2.4 million convertible hypercar targets lap records as the lightest Venom F5 yet!

Hennessey has revealed what it claims to be the fastest convertible ever created: a roofless variant of the stripped-out, track-focussed 1817bhp Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution.

Called the Venom F5 Revolution Roadster, it takes the crown from the standard, road-going Venom F5 Roadster, which the firm says can achieve a top speed of over 300mph, as the world’s fastest open-top.

The limited-run $3 million (£2.4m) roofless Revolution track car – of which all 12 examples are already sold – arrives in the same year as the coupé track car, which itself took what made the Venom F5 the world’s most powerful combustion production car but stripped out further to increase performance.

The Revolution Roadster offers “unmatched visceral driving experience”, founder Jon Hennessey said, and like the $2.7m (£2.3m) coupé has been created to crush lap records.

As such, the 'Fury' 6.6-litre V8 returns – with reworked cooling like the coupé track car – mid-mounted in the same carbonfibre tub. Power is sent to the rear wheels using the same seven-speed automatic gearbox, but this has now been calibrated for competitive use.

With the Roadster, like its standard road-going namesake, the car received a host of changes to keep it as competitive as the coupé. These are focussed around more downforce than the coupé track car, which includes significantly larger front and rear splitters and dive planes on the front fascia.

Another example is that top, which comes in the form of a removable carbon fibre panel to keep it as light as possible. Weighing just 18kg, the panel is secured with four quick-release bolts and two high-strength latches to withstand the hypercar’s “staggering acceleration capabilities and aerodynamic forces at extreme speed”, the firm says. Inside, it is lined in Alcantara upholstery pointing to the track car’s luxury positioning.

“The new Venom F5 Revolution Roadster combines our track-focused hypercar with an open-top for an unmatched visceral driving experience,” said Jon Hennessey.

Hennessey also focused on stripping out the track-honed open-top, to make it, alongside its track sibling, the lightest Venom F5 variant yet. It tips the scales below the 1360kg road-going models, although the firm wouldn’t confirm by how much or what was changed to make it lighter.

As a result, the American firm, notable for its speed-centric approach to car design, promises “phenomenal acceleration”. The Revolution Roadster will most likely go beyond the road car's 2.6sec 0-62mph time and could even push further than its claimed 300mph top speed.

Straight-line speed isn’t the only target with the Revolution cars, however, with new aerodynamics fitted to send the car around tracks as quickly as possible. This is most visible in the adjustable full-width carbonfibre rear wing, which can deliver more than 363kg of downforce at 186mph and more than 635kg at 249mph.

Double-wishbone suspension returns but now with more aggressive alignment settings and adjustable dampers.

Stopping power comes in the form of carbon-ceramic brakes – fitted as standard – that feature multi-piston callipers.

Inside, the same luxurious interior can be found, now with the addition of a real-time digital track telemetry system capable of measuring data such as lap times, splits, and cornering g-forces.

The Revolution Roadster joins the Venom F5 Revolution, Venom F5 coupé and Venom F5 Roadster as part of a four-car line-up."

Tourbillon · Aug 8, 2023

Tourbillon · Aug 8, 2023

Hennessey reveals $3m, sold-out Venom F5 Revolution Roadster!

Hennessey reveals $3m, sold-out Venom F5 Revolution Roadster

It’s the roofless version of Hennessey’s track-honed 1,817bhp hypercar

www.topgear.com

It’s the roofless version of Hennessey’s track-honed 1,817bhp hypercar.

Hennessey’s Venom F5 continues to evolve in startling new ways, and today we see its latest iteration. This is the track-honed Venom F5 Revolution Roadster, combining the V8 fury of the ‘regular’ roofless F5, and track-honed smarts of the Revolution Coupe revealed earlier this year.

As one would expect of such a car, then, there’s an enormous focus on aero, along with a few tweaks to the F5 Roadster’s roof to allow for, well, ‘fury’. Because this F5, like all F5s, still carries the 6.6-litre twin-turbo V8 monster beneath its carbon fibre flanks, rated at 1,817bhp.

Said tweaks to the roof include a re-engineered removable panel constructed from carbon fibre, insulated with Alcantara and featuring quick-release bolts and latches. It weighs just 8kg, too, so shouldn’t be a faff to take off.

Elsewhere you’ll spot the similar treatment as applied to the F5 Revolution Coupe: massive front and rear splitters, new dive planes on the front fascia, a central air scoop and of course, and new rear wing.

Though all four F5 variants share the same philosophy, each are said to accomplish specific ‘missions’, and the RR’s is to deliver a ‘visceral open-air motoring’ experience with an eye on the circuit.

“This first example, a bespoke build for a special client, debuts our bare carbon finish with its meticulous handcrafted exposed carbon-fibre weave,” explains boss John Hennessey. “Our hypercar is a timeless work of art that is as visually inspiring as it is physically engaging, thanks to its 1,817-hp combustion-only twin-turbocharged V8."

A work of art that’s unsurprisingly sold out. Each of the 12 F5 RR cars planned did cost $3m."

It was inevitable but still very good News!

Tourbillon · Aug 8, 2023

Tourbillon · Aug 8, 2023

Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Roadster Is a Topless Track Warrior

The 1817-hp supercar is a $3 million convertible version of the track-ready Venom F5 Revolution, finished in exquisite carbon fiber.

www.caranddriver.com

"The Revolution Roadster will start at $3 million. Only 12 will be built, and every unit is already sold. The example seen here, featuring beautiful exposed carbon fiber, is one of just five "Bare Carbon" versions that presumably cost even more."