Michelin is going to give us their full technical support to make sure we have a proper tire for the speeds we want to run. Christian and his guys are working with them, too,” Hennessey said.
“By our calculations, we can hit 300 mph with less than 1600 horsepower, but I always like to feel I’ve got more power in case it’s hot or we’re running at higher altitude.”īut it’s not been a lack of power that has had doubters doubting, but the company’s claims that street-legal tires will be able to withstand the forces involved in traveling one mile in just 12 seconds. “That was the number we decided we needed,” Hennessey explained. Hence his confidence that 1600 horsepower from a custom-built twin-turbocharged 8.0-liter V-8 will be sufficient to get the job done. This is not a dedicated track car, but a proper road car.” “We’re not looking to build a P1 GTR or Senna GTR experience for our clients. So we knew we needed to have a car that was more aerodynamically efficient but would still have sufficient downforce for road and track driving,” Hennessey said. “To go 300 mph with a car with that much drag would take 2500 horsepower, and that’s not reality for a road car. Simply adding power to the GT’s engine was ruled out as impractical, with Hennessey saying the F5’s drag coefficient will be a far more slippery 0.33. The new car is completely its own car, completely bespoke, completely Hennessey.” “The last car went 270 mph and was still pulling, but it had a massive amount of downforce and drag it had a coefficient of drag of 0.44. “For our clients, being the fastest really matters. While he acknowledges that bettering that figure won’t be easy, Hennessey insists that 300 mph is a realistic target for what will be his company’s first purpose-built supercar. But that record was taken last year by the Koenigsegg Agera RS’s 277.9 mph, set as a two-way average on a section of closed highway in Nevada. Although it didn’t meet the standards necessary for a Guinness World Record, the 270.5-mph one-way speed set by the Lotus-based Hennessey Venom GT at the Kennedy Space Center in 2014 made it the fastest ever street-legal car at the time. It’s a title that Hennessey is keen to have back.
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