FARK.com: (6833810) From the makers of the $235,000 Jeep SRT8 comes the car that make a Bugatti back down. Hennessey thy name is awesome insanity

		From the makers of the $235,000 Jeep SRT8 comes the car that make a Bugatti back down. Hennessey thy name is awesome insanity (jalopnik.com)		26
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mr_a

2011-12-21 05:42:58 AM

Awesome. Love the video from the NJ track. Low, high, whatever...just get out of the way please.

gopher321

2011-12-21 07:27:14 AM

aka men with very small penises

Hawnkee

2011-12-21 11:36:24 AM

Someone say Hennessey?

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2011-12-21 11:36:42 AM

'Yes, yes, this is the one...I saw several of these at the Starbucks. You know what this means don't you?'

'No.'

'It means there are too many self important weiners in this town with too much bloody money!'

mark12A

2011-12-21 11:41:34 AM

I notice the article doesn't mention its top speed. AND, I kinda doubt this overpowered go-cart has the cooling systems/stability to go completely around the VW test track without burning up the drivetrain. I'll take the Veyron. plz....

escherblacksmith

2011-12-21 11:42:20 AM

is this where I put up the old news is exciting bit?

www.forumspile.com

// cuz you know
/ it really is.
// hot and taken from an old fark post . . . metameme?

nopokerface

2011-12-21 11:44:31 AM

mark12A: I notice the article doesn't mention its top speed. AND, I kinda doubt this overpowered go-cart has the cooling systems/stability to go completely around the VW test track without burning up the drivetrain. I'll take the Veyron. plz....

It's supposed to do 275, and it will definitely go around the 'ring.

/I'll try to find verification of the top speed....

nopokerface

2011-12-21 11:48:03 AM

Looks like it's there own specs, but based on all the raw numbers, it sounds plausible:

Link (new window)

Giltric

2011-12-21 11:48:29 AM

Are they comparing a 5k pound luxury car with a/c, radio, heated seats etc to a 2k pound purpose built bare bones speed machine?

I'll take the Veyron.

Desmo

2011-12-21 11:50:22 AM

Subby:

From the makers of the $235,000 Jeep SRT8 comes the car that makes a Bugatti back down.

or

From the makers of the $235,000 Jeep SRT8 come the cars that make Bugatti back down.

or

From the makers of the $235,000 Jeep SRT8 comes the car that made a Bugatti back down.

Pick one and use it.

/pet peeve

cirby

2011-12-21 11:52:22 AM

gopher321:
aka men with very small penises

Oh, sorry - you misposted from the electric commuter car thread.

Magnanimous_J

2011-12-21 12:01:24 PM

gopher321: aka men with very small penises

Translation: I hate everything, I must be HUGE!

I'll tell you this much, big or small, show up with one of these things, you'll be slamming ass all over town.

LectertheChef

2011-12-21 12:06:07 PM

Giltric: Are they comparing a 5k pound luxury car with a/c, radio, heated seats etc to a 2k pound purpose built bare bones speed machine?

I'll take the Veyron.

Actually they have comparable amenities. It's just that the Venom is faster, better handling, less expensive, and less pretentious than the Veyron.

TNel

2011-12-21 12:46:30 PM

LOL it does 68mph in first gear. Wow that is one impressive car.

Wookie_bw

2011-12-21 01:15:35 PM

Google "John Hennessey lawsuits" to get an idea of the guy behind the Venom. Multiple lawsuits for ripping people off and issues with shoddy workmanship and missing parts. As much as I'd like to drool over the car, I just can't glorify this type of asshole.

Giltric

2011-12-21 01:42:04 PM

LectertheChef: Giltric: Are they comparing a 5k pound luxury car with a/c, radio, heated seats etc to a 2k pound purpose built bare bones speed machine?

I'll take the Veyron.

Actually they have comparable amenities. It's just that the Venom is faster, better handling, less expensive, and less pretentious than the Veyron.

The Venom seems quite loud compared to the Veyron from the in car video and audio...I;m guessing they are not similiarly sound dampered and from the looks of the in car footage...definately not simialrly amenitized.

But how pretentious do you have to be to try to build something that would out perform a Veyron?

Sterling Thunder

2011-12-21 01:49:00 PM

Wookie_bw: Google "John Hennessey lawsuits" to get an idea of the guy behind the Venom. Multiple lawsuits for ripping people off and issues with shoddy workmanship and missing parts. As much as I'd like to drool over the car, I just can't glorify this type of asshole.

Came here to see this, leaving satisfied. The guy is a jerk and a theif and he has managed to get away with it to some extent.

Sterling Thunder

2011-12-21 01:59:51 PM

Here is Mr. Hennessey showing his true colors: Link (new window)

The lawsuit stuff is a good read too.

Rambino

2011-12-21 02:36:53 PM

What kind of car is that - Is it the new Corvette?

Sterling Thunder

2011-12-21 02:45:33 PM

Nope, not a new Corvette, that would be the old and heavily modified and stretched Lotus Elise

LonMead

2011-12-21 02:58:10 PM

just reading about musses your hair... and adds two points to your license.

wraithmare

2011-12-21 03:04:21 PM

Tony Hawk's SRT8 is pretty sweet. Hennessey can really put a car together.

Xai

2011-12-21 06:11:21 PM

The venom GT isn't in the same league as the bugatti - the bugatti isn't actually a racer, like the venom - it's a super-luxury cruiser - the top speed is simply a party-piece.

This needs to be compared against other racers like the lambourghini aventador etc (which certainly beats it in the looks department)

Klopfer

2011-12-21 09:25:55 PM

Another vote for the Bugatti here. I just have the feeling that the prestige project of one of the biggest car companies in the world is better engineered and more durable than a racer of some guy who builds just ten cars per year.

Nicholas Urfe

2011-12-21 11:48:40 PM

LectertheChef: Actually they have comparable amenities. It's just that the Venom is faster, better handling, less expensive, and less pretentious than the Veyron.

The Veyron may no longer be the king of the hill, but if there's one thing it's earned the right not to be called, it's pretentious. It does exactly what it purports to do.

lewismarktwo

2011-12-23 08:23:20 AM

Klopfer: Another vote for the Bugatti here. I just have the feeling that the prestige project of one of the biggest car companies in the world is better engineered and more durable than a racer of some guy who builds just ten cars per year.

That is a dangerous assumption.

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