Hennessey Venom GT becomes world's fastest car with 270mph speed record

dan78 · February 25, 2014

The Hennessey Venom GT has become the fastest car in the world after hitting 270.49 mph on Nasa’s space shuttle landing runway.

The car can vroom from 20mph to 120mph in 7.71 seconds.

Powered by a 7.0-litre twin-turbo GM-sourced V8 engine, it has beaten Bugatti’s Veyron Super Sport’s record of 269.86mph.

There are only 11 cars Venom GTs all over the world and each costs $1.2 million (£720,000).

Former racing driver and Michelin tyre test engineer Brian Smith who was at the wheel said:

“It was still pulling. If we could run on an eight-mile oval we could go faster than that.

“On the very top end there was a little wandering but hey, we’re going 270mph.”

http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/lifestyle/london-culture/7535.article

carlos21 · February 25, 2014

dan78 said:
The Hennessey Venom GT has become the fastest car in the world after hitting 270.49 mph on Nasa’s space shuttle landing runway.

The car can vroom from 20mph to 120mph in 7.71 seconds.

Powered by a 7.0-litre twin-turbo GM-sourced V8 engine, it has beaten Bugatti’s Veyron Super Sport’s record of 269.86mph.

There are only 11 cars Venom GTs all over the world and each costs $1.2 million (£720,000).

Former racing driver and Michelin tyre test engineer Brian Smith who was at the wheel said:

“It was still pulling. If we could run on an eight-mile oval we could go faster than that.

“On the very top end there was a little wandering but hey, we’re going 270mph.”

http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/lifestyle/london-culture/7535.article

this car is amazing.

BlueLlama · February 25, 2014

I dont like the colour

njligernj · February 25, 2014

I'd still get a Veyron (nicer interior and I prefer the styling) ... but impressive nonetheless.

That said it's all meaningless until we find out how fast it can go around our track and that means handing it over to our tame racing driver ...

Foot Long Hot Dog · February 25, 2014

njligernj said:
I'd still get a Veyron (nicer interior and I prefer the styling) ... but impressive nonetheless.

That said it's all meaningless until we find out how fast it can go around our track and that means handing it over to our tame racing driver ...

That'll be where it comes unstuck as there'll be bendy bits & our Transatlantic cousins don't make cars that go round corners.....