The Hennessey Venom F5 mightiness not look wholly new, but the F5-M Roadster brings a caller twist – a manual transmission. With a mind-boggling 1,817 horsepower (1,355 kW) and rear-wheel drive, the F5-M Roadster throws successful a clutch pedal and cogwheel lever for an unparalleled driving experience.
Yes, “production car” mightiness beryllium a agelong with lone 12 units being built (and each already sold out), but it’s inactive a origin for solemnisation for manual enthusiasts. This is the archetypal clip a Hennessey hypercar gets a manual gearbox since the archetypal Venom.
Hennessey emphasizes the accrued operator engagement offered by the manual transmission. The interior boasts a redesigned layout with a c fibre shifter positioned for optimal feel. The cogwheel gross is machined from billet aluminium, and the “Fury” V8 motor has been recalibrated to enactment flawlessly with the new, somewhat longer cogwheel ratios.
While apical velocity remains unannounced, the F5-M is definite to beryllium a record-breaker, exceeding 250 mph (402 km/h). Imagine shifting into apical cogwheel astatine those speeds.
Hennessey calls it “speed reborn,” and CEO John Hennessey perfectly captures its essence: “It’s aged school, it’s badass, and it offers eventual driving engagement.”
Customization is simply a cardinal diagnostic for each of the 12 fortunate owners. They tin take a unsocial colour scheme, ne'er to beryllium utilized again by Hennessey, on with different personalized touches. However, a fewer cardinal identifiers acceptable the F5-M apart: a monolithic 1,400mm dorsal fin connected the rear platform and a peculiar livery exclusive to the manual model.
Nathan Malinick, Hennessey Director of Design, added: “We’re extreme, we’re authentic, positive we’re distinctly and uniquely American. These characteristics radiance done successful the plan of the F5-M, wrong and out, and successful however it performs. This is simply a car for bold and brave driving enthusiasts who similar their hypercars to thrill with chaotic power, melodramatic design, and an acquisition down the instrumentality that is incomparable to thing other connected Earth.”
Just similar each erstwhile Venoms, the F5-M volition beryllium assembled successful Sealy, Texas. Interestingly, these 12 manual models are portion of the archetypal 30-unit Roadster accumulation run, not an further batch.
As mentioned they are each spoken for but they are priced astatine a chill $2.65 cardinal (approx. R47 million) each.
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