The Venom F5 is also the only hypercar that uses a cammed pushrod V8! The design is also so beautiful, it won the prestigious Red Dot design award. Its all bespoke and all American 🇺🇸
A cammed pushrod V8...... Dude. Its just a dragster-tuned Corvette engine. What is with you people and your flagwaving. Its the only "hypercar" that isnt a hypercar at all. And JUST like the equally fake SSC Tuatara, they both use a tuned Corvette engine that doesnt have anything CLOSE to 1817 HP. They have around 1100. Notice how you never see them with number plates. Because its not road legal in ANY country. It doesnt even have airbags.
@@andyg806 Uhm.... They claim to be an ALL-AMERICAN, TEXAS BUILT HYPERCAR... And its none of those things. I dont make the decisions, dude. Its just a dragster-tuned Corvette engine. And it runs at around 1150-something HP. FAR from the 1817 they like to claim. This thing is also not road legal in any country, and its about as "American" as socialised healthcare. If you have any questions, I know everything that is to know about this thing. But John Hennessey is the Alex Jones of the car world and you cant trust anything he tells you. He is a grifter. -And this is one of his scams.
@@captain_context9991 You think that guy is flag waving? 😂 Look in the mirror buddy, you're waving the biggest flag of any group out there - the hater flag 🚩
Gotta buy a Koenigsegg for the refridgerated cup holder at that price. Plus, it has a keep hot feature as well. Not to mention the Koenigsegg and almost all parts are designed and fabricated in house. Not bolt on etc etc from other companies. A completely different realm of car making in my uneducated RUclips addicted couch surfing opinion.
Once again, showing off another killer ride. These guys at Hennessey are no joke. This is an outstanding example of engineering. Kudos to everyone involved showing off this beast. This just up'd the game for AutotopiaLA.
Hennessey has screwed over more than a few people. I love every car he's made especially the Exorcist but he's a terrible business man and an even worse person
Great intro! Keep up the great work guys! absolutely love when autotopia drops a video never disappoints also shoutout to Sean for always hitting that fit check #keepingitdapper 🤘🏼 love you guys!!!
The designer of that car has to have played GTA 5. There are parts of this car that look directly inspired by a few of the hyper cars in that game. It looks amazing. 3 million though... I could buy a mansion for that price. Or a two bedroom apartment in San Francisco.... Also, there is over 2 Viper engine's of HP under that hood and the engine weigh's less than one. That's crazy.
Yeah for 3 million, you would expect to get something that doesnt run on kit-car number plates. Something with airbags, something which has legal VIN / Chassis numbers. This is not... A real "hypercar" and its not worth anything close to millions of dollars as long as it has to run on kit-car plates. With a dragster-tuned Corvette engine.
11:48. Looks like a fighter jet interior with you in it. Super nice car. Upside to expensive cars is you can drive most of them, and sell them for what you paid or even make some. I personally would be happy with a new mach one that has a 6 speed manual and a whipple.
When you pay so much you are scared to drive is a disappointment and disservice to the car. This teaches me that I don't want a car I fear driving due to cost.
American hypercar, indeed. Remember the previous "American hypercar" ?? The SSC Tuatara? It quickly turned out to be just a tuned Corvette engine with nothing CLOSE to the claimed performance. The only difference is that Hennessey F5 was built in England by Delta Motorsport, while the SSC Tuatara (which is bankrupt now) got built in Italy by a LeMans racecar company. So they may well be good cars. But they are zero % American. So "AMERICAS HYPERCARS" both of them, are not road legal cars in any country, and also not American.
@@GSCinquanta There are not many Tuataras... They managed to build 2 or 3. And then the Italian LeMans racing company that 100% built them... Pulled out of the project. Probably because they didnt want to be part of this american scam. When SSC got busted faking that world record, the Italian LeMans racing company took SSC off their website, and I believe they have since pulled entirely out of the project. So Hennessey F5 and SSC Tuatara. The scam they are running is that they pay these foreign race car companies 1-2 million dollars a pop to make cars for them. Then they ship these cars over to America in crates. In crates with ready-built parts. So that the Americans can just rent a warehouse (like SSC does) or use their tuneshop warehouse like Hennesey does, where they have 6 cornfed local boys screwing these crates together to a finished car.Using all these ready built crates. They do this because then they dont have to impor tax them as cars. And then they can legally call the car "American built" So that they can get kit-car number plates on them. So they are professionally built by experts in Italy and England, but to an American standard. So ZERO crash testing, no emissions certification, no health & safety, no federalisation, no nothing. Because in America you can put kit-car number plates on anything. The cars dont even have airbags. Why dont they have airbags on a 2-3 million dollar car? Because if they have airbags, then they would have to be responsible for the airbags deploying properly, which means crash testing, and federalisation for insurance and liability rates, and its a lot of expensive testing and paperwork. And they use Corvette engines that are FAR from the performance numbers they claim. To get their wild HP numbers, they would have to run them on bio ethanol and stuff. And even then they can only do a couple of drag strip runs and hten its over. They cannot DRIVE on the full power. Its just a Corvette engine after all. So yeah. They screw together car parts that come in crates from England (Hennessey F5) and Italy (SSC Tuatara) and then they CLAIM they are all-american hypercars. And then they pay 1-2 million bucks to the companies that really built the cars, and then they slap a 1-2 million dollar profit on top of them. So thats the scam. Hennessey is a known scammer. So nothing new there. And SSC got caught faking that top speed world record, but most people dont remember he also got busted faking that woooorld record top speed back in 2007 too. So there you go. American scams.
@@raymondtuckerjr1886 Yeah, you can clearly see they have zero production tooling. Everything is ready-made out of crates that are clearly marked "MADE IN ENGLAND" They have hired 6 cornfed local boys to screw the ready-made parts together in Texas. For a couple of reasons. First that way they dont have to pay import taxes on them as you have to do with cars. And secondly, by assembling them in this way, they can legally claim them as "American built" and get kit-car plates in the mail, no questions asked. No legal VIN / Chassis numbers, no airbags, no federal paperwork, no nothing. The first handful of cars rolled out of England 100% ready built. But now they are doing it like this instead. To give people the impression that these really are built in the back of his tuneshop.
Yeah. Why do you think they have not let the whole critical motor press drive this thing? Have you ever seen one with number plates? This is not a REAL car, dude. It has exactly zero airbags, no crash testing, no Federalisation of any kind. No type approval, no legal VIN / Chassis numbers, and also not FIA approved for racing. And that MAGIC 1817 HP engine, is just a dragster-tuned Corvette engine. And it only produces a bit over 1100 HP. Not over 1800. Not even close. Its just a Corvette engine after all.
@@captain_context9991 Bro you are commenting on every single top comment thread, how could this car possibly make you this upset? Why do you have so much free time? You've been coming back every hour for two days in a row. Mommy and daddy didn't love you so you're desperate for negative attention? This is pathetic and embarrassing....
@@alexfischer7876 Is it too difficult to do a search for yourself Fisher? Personally I think it is rude AF to promote other larger channels on someones channel.
@@AutotopiaLA I would honestly be nervous to drive a super fast car that has never been crash tested and has exactly zero airbags. Can you elaborate a bit on what the factory said about legalisation? Because its actually not road legal in ANY country. And Hennessey did not make this car themselves. It arrives 100% ready built from a company called Delta Motorsports in England. Its the exact same as SSC Tuatara. Except SSC cars are built in Italy by an Italian LeMans car manufacturer... The same company Jim Glickenhaus uses to build their cars. These cars are as "American" as socialised healthcare.
@@captain_context9991love how your so hell bent on any compliments to the car you just go on full blown blown rant of dissing it EVERY COMMENT. Did john Hennessy say he was gonna fxck you anymore for a free venom lol or did your mom say you wasnt gonna be shxt
@@mkz8960 Facts, everything is made outside of murica and shipped in wooden boxes to the texas assembly plant, it's not even a manufacturing factory. Their cars aren't crash tested, don't come with airbags, road legal only in 50 states and that too when they have to be registered using show and display rule otherwise they can't even be road registered!
Amazing how both of them had ZERO facts to quote about the car. So different from when we see experts talking about Bugattis, Koenigseggs, and Paganis.
jesus it sounds like a freakin' f18 hornet. its awesome John made his dream but i take a Ruf CTR anyday everyday but thats just me. in case anyone doesnt know its tire technology that is limiting the quest for speed. weve been building engines that a 300mph engine for 10 years but to just get a special crazy tire designed for 30 cars is many millions of dollars. Reeves Callaway did all that in the late 80's. no car should be able to go over 225mph. its all about how quick you get there my wife says!!!! LOL cheers. what a machine!!! outstanding.
Hennessy is that Company that takes what works & makes it better!!! No need to Reevolve the wheel when it already rolls, just make it Roll faster. Can you get a Better car or faster car for $3million??? Sure, but will it still work in 6years without spending millions on upkeep??? Probably Not and in the case of some Halo cars definitely Not(McLaren, Ferrari, Pagani, Koenigsegg)
I would like to say one thing I would like to say arguably you have one of the best car channels on RUclips especially your approach.. I honestly think you could go to the stratosphere with your channel.. continue to reach for more and figure out how to become insured or something in order to test drive the cars the way you would really like to.. and we would love to see..it would make your channel so much better than any of the sponsor drowned/ network car channels...your growth shows already. add another level of awesome..
PLEASE take some of these cars to the dragstrip/track so we can see what they can actually do!!! Killing me watching you guys babying them on the same old streets where we're lucky to get a burnout or halfway decent acceleration in the 1st few gears! Otherwise great show and thank you!
@@blablah538 If I understand it correctly, you're saying two cars with different gear ratios will have different power outputs, if that's so, then I don't think that's true because a Chiron/Chiron Sport with 1500PS and Chiron Pur Sport with 1500PS have different gear ratios. The Pur Sport have shorter gear ratios for better acceleration while the Chiron/Chiron Sport has longer ratios for a higher top speed of 261mph. But if you can correct me, then you're free to do it as well.
@@GSCinquanta No. I'm saying your engine has a power curve and if you're not gearing for peak power engine speed at top speed, you don't hit top speed. For example, if your drag profile and peak power @ 7500 rpm suggest a top speed of 180, you need gear ratios that put you at 180 when you're at 7500 rpm. If you're geared so low that you can wind out top gear past peak power rpm, you're never hitting your potential top speed. Imagine only having your bottom 3 gears
Sean,I was next to a Hennessy Viper over the weekend up here in Sacramento, I was next to him in my ISF. He gave me the nod, and I gave him one too, I was thinking to myself man what is John up to these days?
@@danmyers9372 Lexus IS F it’s a 5 L V-8 forged internals, 11 to 1 compression 2 oil scavengers, it has titanium intake valves, and the engine takes 10 quarts of oil that Lexus Maybe made I think 5000 of our cars.
@@AutotopiaLA I think I've seen that movie before but not quite sure. Now I'll have to check it out. And Scott does seem like a super chill guy. But when you're living the life he's living. I would be too lol.
Man I know your channel is all about Classic Restomods and Classic muscle vehicles but I have really wanted to see some true Super and Hypercars on this channel. Most of the channels that review hypercars and supercars are kinda nerdy in nature and not true car guys. I would love to see you review stuff like that Saleen S7 and maybe even get a Calvo Viper on your channel. THAT would be a treat, especially for you since they are based out of California. These Gen 5 vipers usually have about 2500-3500 hp and the guy does so much work to them they don't spin. It is a soul changing experience. I know myself I want to build my own luxury sport car line. I'm tired of European cars dominating the space.
Hey really liked the super car show and keep up the good work Continue varying your topic it will expand your viewer base. Don’t be afraid to go outside your norm 👍
koenigsegg price but not even half the car. I get what they are doing and Im looking forward to seeing future endeavors by Hennessy. But id get a Jesko instead.
Well he's still in business, and customers still send their cars to him, so if he is still scamming, then no one knows about it. Back when he was pulling parts off one customers car to put on another he exacerbated the situation by being a dick on his social media and forum accounts. I'd assume his reputation is still intact
SSC has been making hyper cars for a long time though you just never see them the ultimate aero was insane and there new one the name I can even say is a work of art
OMG Sean!! I would need a smoke and a shot after that drive! CONGRATS MY MAN! Us mere mortals are so jealous!! Good for you and PLEASE keep up with your amazing channel and experiences!
My problem is where I get it serviced if I'm in New Hampshire? And if heaven forbid I do body damage can I take it to my local shop, or does someone from Hennessey send a team to fix it.
I always thought that the Hennessey Venom was actually a Car of another name that just Hennessey "used" to make that car... wasn't it really just a modified Alfa Romero or something like that? I think Steven Tyler of Aerosmith has or had one. Thinking about it, I think I watched Steven Tyler sell his at Mecum or Barrett Jackson for a huge hunk of Change a few years ago.
it was a modded lotus elise, which means this f5 s technically his 1st car... for 3mil. the 1st one was a reliability nightmare, tyler's stalled out on him in a video
The Hennessey Venom was just a Chop-shopped Lotus Exige, yes. Just a chopshopped Lotus with a Corvette engine. The work was done in England by the same company that made this F5 car. its NOT a real road legal car.
Its single clutch since there is no off the shelf dual clutch from any supplier that will handle the torque. Does it get to be called a Hypercar if it has a boosted LS? $3 million for a boosted LS and a single clutch transmission rough.
I love not knowing Shawn from a straight on the street but still having full confidence that he has to be genuinely one of the nicest people in the world. Love that dude.
The video says $3 million but the market doesn’t seem to agree. This exact car has been on Bring a Trailer for a couple months now and the bidding hasn’t gone past $1.85 million for a month now
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What a legend of an owner for allowing a legend to show it
Very cool indeed and I’m still knocked out I got to drive it
Definitely not the owner
@gd15555 it was good meeting you and thanks for letting us shoot “your” car lol!
@@AutotopiaLA True. Sucks to suck @GD15555
@AutotopiaLA if you are ever in need of a vacation, can I fill in for you?Man, what a dream job(talking in my sleep, dreaming)
The Venom F5 is also the only hypercar that uses a cammed pushrod V8! The design is also so beautiful, it won the prestigious Red Dot design award. Its all bespoke and all American 🇺🇸
A cammed pushrod V8...... Dude. Its just a dragster-tuned Corvette engine. What is with you people and your flagwaving. Its the only "hypercar" that isnt a hypercar at all. And JUST like the equally fake SSC Tuatara, they both use a tuned Corvette engine that doesnt have anything CLOSE to 1817 HP. They have around 1100.
Notice how you never see them with number plates. Because its not road legal in ANY country. It doesnt even have airbags.
@@captain_context9991 Limited production numbers, 250+ mph top speed, $2m-$3m price tag, 1800+ hp! Tell me how this isn't a Hypercar.
@@andyg806
Uhm.... They claim to be an ALL-AMERICAN, TEXAS BUILT HYPERCAR... And its none of those things.
I dont make the decisions, dude. Its just a dragster-tuned Corvette engine. And it runs at around 1150-something HP. FAR from the 1817 they like to claim.
This thing is also not road legal in any country, and its about as "American" as socialised healthcare. If you have any questions, I know everything that is to know about this thing. But John Hennessey is the Alex Jones of the car world and you cant trust anything he tells you. He is a grifter. -And this is one of his scams.
@@andyg806it's a hyper kit car
@@captain_context9991 You think that guy is flag waving? 😂 Look in the mirror buddy, you're waving the biggest flag of any group out there - the hater flag 🚩
For $3M it better have a cup holder that keeps that shit ice cold! 🤣
Actually it doesn't have airbags
Gotta buy a Koenigsegg for the refridgerated cup holder at that price. Plus, it has a keep hot feature as well. Not to mention the Koenigsegg and almost all parts are designed and fabricated in house. Not bolt on etc etc from other companies. A completely different realm of car making in my uneducated RUclips addicted couch surfing opinion.
Dunno but the coffee warmer runs off the radiator, haha.
Okay daddy, whenever you order one we'll talk. 🤣
We don't need cupholders where we are going! 💨
I love the Hennessey Venom. It is just incredible inside and out. Beautiful orange color, too!
Once again, showing off another killer ride. These guys at Hennessey are no joke. This is an outstanding example of engineering. Kudos to everyone involved showing off this beast. This just up'd the game for AutotopiaLA.
Thank you and Hennessey is definitely no joke…would love to shoot with them on their proving grounds
@AutotopiaLA I'd like to know when that goes down. They're about 90 min away from me. There's a lot of content out there.
Hennessey has screwed over more than a few people. I love every car he's made especially the Exorcist but he's a terrible business man and an even worse person
Great intro! Keep up the great work guys! absolutely love when autotopia drops a video never disappoints also shoutout to Sean for always hitting that fit check #keepingitdapper 🤘🏼 love you guys!!!
Thanks man! The team continues to crush and keeps pushing to get better. Lots more to come from me and the crew
The designer of that car has to have played GTA 5. There are parts of this car that look directly inspired by a few of the hyper cars in that game. It looks amazing. 3 million though... I could buy a mansion for that price. Or a two bedroom apartment in San Francisco.... Also, there is over 2 Viper engine's of HP under that hood and the engine weigh's less than one. That's crazy.
Really a crazy car
Yeah for 3 million, you would expect to get something that doesnt run on kit-car number plates. Something with airbags, something which has legal VIN / Chassis numbers. This is not... A real "hypercar" and its not worth anything close to millions of dollars as long as it has to run on kit-car plates. With a dragster-tuned Corvette engine.
It all started with a Lotus 😂
11:48. Looks like a fighter jet interior with you in it. Super nice car. Upside to expensive cars is you can drive most of them, and sell them for what you paid or even make some. I personally would be happy with a new mach one that has a 6 speed manual and a whipple.
Awesome video guys! Made in America!
Made in the great state of Texas!
Hennessy rocks!
Hennessy isn’t just a garage shop they have really built a full spectrum of great h.p. Beasts. But better yet from the great state of Texas!
Amen!
Hennessy is trash
I love this, and im traditionally a muscle car guy.
I envy that you guys got to see and feel it in person... WOW
When you pay so much you are scared to drive is a disappointment and disservice to the car. This teaches me that I don't want a car I fear driving due to cost.
Yeah my heart is racing😂 seen a notification popped up and never clicked so fast!
Awesome!
America's hypercar! The F5 is an absolute beast! Fury is the right name for this engine.
American hypercar, indeed. Remember the previous "American hypercar" ?? The SSC Tuatara? It quickly turned out to be just a tuned Corvette engine with nothing CLOSE to the claimed performance. The only difference is that Hennessey F5 was built in England by Delta Motorsport, while the SSC Tuatara (which is bankrupt now) got built in Italy by a LeMans racecar company. So they may well be good cars. But they are zero % American.
So "AMERICAS HYPERCARS" both of them, are not road legal cars in any country, and also not American.
@@captain_context9991Aha that explains why there's not much Tuatara units delivered to customers.
@@GSCinquanta
There are not many Tuataras... They managed to build 2 or 3. And then the Italian LeMans racing company that 100% built them... Pulled out of the project. Probably because they didnt want to be part of this american scam.
When SSC got busted faking that world record, the Italian LeMans racing company took SSC off their website, and I believe they have since pulled entirely out of the project.
So Hennessey F5 and SSC Tuatara. The scam they are running is that they pay these foreign race car companies 1-2 million dollars a pop to make cars for them. Then they ship these cars over to America in crates. In crates with ready-built parts. So that the Americans can just rent a warehouse (like SSC does) or use their tuneshop warehouse like Hennesey does, where they have 6 cornfed local boys screwing these crates together to a finished car.Using all these ready built crates. They do this because then they dont have to impor tax them as cars. And then they can legally call the car "American built" So that they can get kit-car number plates on them.
So they are professionally built by experts in Italy and England, but to an American standard. So ZERO crash testing, no emissions certification, no health & safety, no federalisation, no nothing. Because in America you can put kit-car number plates on anything. The cars dont even have airbags.
Why dont they have airbags on a 2-3 million dollar car? Because if they have airbags, then they would have to be responsible for the airbags deploying properly, which means crash testing, and federalisation for insurance and liability rates, and its a lot of expensive testing and paperwork.
And they use Corvette engines that are FAR from the performance numbers they claim. To get their wild HP numbers, they would have to run them on bio ethanol and stuff. And even then they can only do a couple of drag strip runs and hten its over. They cannot DRIVE on the full power. Its just a Corvette engine after all.
So yeah. They screw together car parts that come in crates from England (Hennessey F5) and Italy (SSC Tuatara) and then they CLAIM they are all-american hypercars. And then they pay 1-2 million bucks to the companies that really built the cars, and then they slap a 1-2 million dollar profit on top of them. So thats the scam.
Hennessey is a known scammer. So nothing new there. And SSC got caught faking that top speed world record, but most people dont remember he also got busted faking that woooorld record top speed back in 2007 too. So there you go. American scams.
@@captain_context9991I just watched on video, an F5 being "made" in Texas.
@@raymondtuckerjr1886
Yeah, you can clearly see they have zero production tooling. Everything is ready-made out of crates that are clearly marked "MADE IN ENGLAND"
They have hired 6 cornfed local boys to screw the ready-made parts together in Texas. For a couple of reasons. First that way they dont have to pay import taxes on them as you have to do with cars. And secondly, by assembling them in this way, they can legally claim them as "American built" and get kit-car plates in the mail, no questions asked.
No legal VIN / Chassis numbers, no airbags, no federal paperwork, no nothing.
The first handful of cars rolled out of England 100% ready built. But now they are doing it like this instead. To give people the impression that these really are built in the back of his tuneshop.
Fantastic engineering 🔥
Congrats
Great video on the F5! Love the color combo on this work of art.
Sweet car. Love the color
I was hoping you would do at least one medium pull but still fun to watch 🤘🏼👏🏼
Tempting but had to show respect for the owner and the 1800 hp
Very impressive guys...mad respect too because I think you are the 3rd channel to get to drive the mega awesome Hennessey Venom F5...
Still can’t believe I got to drive this car! Amazing experience
Yeah. Why do you think they have not let the whole critical motor press drive this thing? Have you ever seen one with number plates? This is not a REAL car, dude. It has exactly zero airbags, no crash testing, no Federalisation of any kind. No type approval, no legal VIN / Chassis numbers, and also not FIA approved for racing. And that MAGIC 1817 HP engine, is just a dragster-tuned Corvette engine. And it only produces a bit over 1100 HP. Not over 1800. Not even close. Its just a Corvette engine after all.
@@captain_context9991 Bro you are commenting on every single top comment thread, how could this car possibly make you this upset? Why do you have so much free time? You've been coming back every hour for two days in a row. Mommy and daddy didn't love you so you're desperate for negative attention? This is pathetic and embarrassing....
What were the first and second channels, Johnson?
@@alexfischer7876 Is it too difficult to do a search for yourself Fisher? Personally I think it is rude AF to promote other larger channels on someones channel.
Sick intro, keep it going!
Thanks…the team is really killing it
What a beautiful car. How did it feel to drive that beast. Love your videos.
I couldn’t imagine driving something that costs that much, I’d be too scared to have any fun in it 🤣
Yep, just like Sean. He drove it like a total pussy. But I would have done the same. 🤣
It was nerve racking honestly. Cool but was glad to get it back safely
@@AutotopiaLA
I would honestly be nervous to drive a super fast car that has never been crash tested and has exactly zero airbags. Can you elaborate a bit on what the factory said about legalisation? Because its actually not road legal in ANY country. And Hennessey did not make this car themselves. It arrives 100% ready built from a company called Delta Motorsports in England. Its the exact same as SSC Tuatara. Except SSC cars are built in Italy by an Italian LeMans car manufacturer... The same company Jim Glickenhaus uses to build their cars. These cars are as "American" as socialised healthcare.
@@captain_context9991love how your so hell bent on any compliments to the car you just go on full blown blown rant of dissing it EVERY COMMENT. Did john Hennessy say he was gonna fxck you anymore for a free venom lol or did your mom say you wasnt gonna be shxt
Gotta be one of the most expensive kit cars out there for sure, sounds good tho!
What makes it a kit car?
@@AutotopiaLA Their factory tour videos clearly explains/shows the process, getting every part finished in boxes and they just mount it onto the car!
@@mkz8960 Facts, everything is made outside of murica and shipped in wooden boxes to the texas assembly plant, it's not even a manufacturing factory. Their cars aren't crash tested, don't come with airbags, road legal only in 50 states and that too when they have to be registered using show and display rule otherwise they can't even be road registered!
First of all, the car is beautiful in every way. Body, wheels, stance perfect! Then the power!
It’s a stellar car on all points. Especially the sounds it makes!
Amazing how both of them had ZERO facts to quote about the car. So different from when we see experts talking about Bugattis, Koenigseggs, and Paganis.
Really appreciate your content!
Props to the owner for letting you show this beautiful masterpiece. Still wished the viper 10 was used but this is still amazing
It was amazing to get to shoot this and drive it!
@@AutotopiaLA keep living the dream brother!
jesus it sounds like a freakin' f18 hornet. its awesome John made his dream but i take a Ruf CTR anyday everyday but thats just me. in case anyone doesnt know its tire technology that is limiting the quest for speed. weve been building engines that a 300mph engine for 10 years but to just get a special crazy tire designed for 30 cars is many millions of dollars. Reeves Callaway did all that in the late 80's. no car should be able to go over 225mph. its all about how quick you get there my wife says!!!! LOL cheers. what a machine!!! outstanding.
Engineering Explained has a good explained that in pedestrian terms and with accuracy
I would argue that at $3M, it will not holds its value...
Hennessy is that Company that takes what works & makes it better!!! No need to Reevolve the wheel when it already rolls, just make it Roll faster. Can you get a Better car or faster car for $3million??? Sure, but will it still work in 6years without spending millions on upkeep??? Probably Not and in the case of some Halo cars definitely Not(McLaren, Ferrari, Pagani, Koenigsegg)
You got it first before even Leno! NICE!!!
There is a blue one that goes to car shows in Houston and is freaking insane
Cool. This is the first time I’ve seen one in person
*1800 HP.. GEEZ!!!* 🚗 💨
Wow 👍👍👍👍
Wow is right!
My dream car. American made badass!
Turn it upside down and get serious altitude along with the attitude. Mean machine.
Give it wings and it’s a plane
😁
Thank you for sharing such an incredible machine!!!
Thanks for watching
the car has a Nest thermostat in it.
Crazy awesome car but the Nest Thermostat gave me a good laugh
Just caught that lol!
I would like to say one thing I would like to say arguably you have one of the best car channels on RUclips especially your approach.. I honestly think you could go to the stratosphere with your channel.. continue to reach for more and figure out how to become insured or something in order to test drive the cars the way you would really like to.. and we would love to see..it would make your channel so much better than any of the sponsor drowned/ network car channels...your growth shows already. add another level of awesome..
PLEASE take some of these cars to the dragstrip/track so we can see what they can actually do!!! Killing me watching you guys babying them on the same old streets where we're lucky to get a burnout or halfway decent acceleration in the 1st few gears! Otherwise great show and thank you!
Stocked to see some modern "muscle" on the channel. Some modern american muscle builds would be great with the pedigree you guys film.
Thanks for the comment. Was wondering how this would be received on the channel
Awesome! Lord be praised!
3:00 Wrong. Weight does not matter for top speed. It's drag vs power. Period
Correct. Also gear ratios have an influence on top speed.
@@GSCinquanta ... because gear ratios affect power. The trick is to properly gear for matching peak hp RPM at the top speed
@@blablah538 If I understand it correctly, you're saying two cars with different gear ratios will have different power outputs, if that's so, then I don't think that's true because a Chiron/Chiron Sport with 1500PS and Chiron Pur Sport with 1500PS have different gear ratios. The Pur Sport have shorter gear ratios for better acceleration while the Chiron/Chiron Sport has longer ratios for a higher top speed of 261mph. But if you can correct me, then you're free to do it as well.
@@GSCinquanta No. I'm saying your engine has a power curve and if you're not gearing for peak power engine speed at top speed, you don't hit top speed. For example, if your drag profile and peak power @ 7500 rpm suggest a top speed of 180, you need gear ratios that put you at 180 when you're at 7500 rpm. If you're geared so low that you can wind out top gear past peak power rpm, you're never hitting your potential top speed. Imagine only having your bottom 3 gears
Sean,I was next to a Hennessy Viper over the weekend up here in Sacramento, I was next to him in my ISF. He gave me the nod, and I gave him one too, I was thinking to myself man what is John up to these days?
What is ISF?
@@danmyers9372 Lexus IS F it’s a 5 L V-8 forged internals, 11 to 1 compression 2 oil scavengers, it has titanium intake valves, and the engine takes 10 quarts of oil that Lexus Maybe made I think 5000 of our cars.
@@danmyers9372performance variant of a Lexus IS sedan
" what a car !" 👏
What a beast!
Is the steering wheel awkward to drive with?
Not at all which was surprising
Steering yokes in road cars are just jackass in-general.
Now this is special! Freaking love the color! The design is absolutely stunning. Very very cool to see you do a video on this one!
Awesome Shawn ........ Amezing Craftsmanship............ Greetings from india🇮🇳🤠🤠🤩🤩🙌🤘🏻
Nice work big bro I can almost say the one that got away but you brought it to us
The “Yeah we have… they I think…” 🕵️♂️ 18:42
Scott look like an older version of Jeremiah from Donut Media lol! Or like his dad or something lol but great car and video guys!
You may have seen him in some movies. He had a pretty big role in Lone Survivor. Cool guy for sure
@@AutotopiaLA I think I've seen that movie before but not quite sure. Now I'll have to check it out. And Scott does seem like a super chill guy. But when you're living the life he's living. I would be too lol.
I feel like I'm watching an ad for a car with way too much hype.
Do I like this type of car? no. Is the format of this show so good that i will watch it and enjoy it anyway - yes.
-But is this the real thing? No.
This is a great example of a car that is truly turned up to 11!
Definitely a beast...
Man I know your channel is all about Classic Restomods and Classic muscle vehicles but I have really wanted to see some true Super and Hypercars on this channel. Most of the channels that review hypercars and supercars are kinda nerdy in nature and not true car guys. I would love to see you review stuff like that Saleen S7 and maybe even get a Calvo Viper on your channel. THAT would be a treat, especially for you since they are based out of California. These Gen 5 vipers usually have about 2500-3500 hp and the guy does so much work to them they don't spin. It is a soul changing experience. I know myself I want to build my own luxury sport car line. I'm tired of European cars dominating the space.
I’d love to shoot an S7! Still a favorite of mine
Amazin car! Now the time for SSC Tuatara!
Hey really liked the super car show and keep up the good work
Continue varying your topic it will expand your viewer base. Don’t be afraid to go outside your norm 👍
Thanks for the input here
Center stack reminds me of what GM should've done with the C8. 😂 😏
what a car what a car
is this the one up for sale on bring a trailer right now?
Bring more exotics on the show… all car’s appreciated 👍🏻👍🏻🇺🇸
We may add some more here
@@AutotopiaLALamborghini aventador
koenigsegg price but not even half the car. I get what they are doing and Im looking forward to seeing future endeavors by Hennessy. But id get a Jesko instead.
of course you'd get a jesko instead, you'd be an idiot to choose this 🤣 this car is for patriotic suckers
Playing a radio while riding in a car like that is sacricarlegious. The exhaust note alone is worth the cost of a new Corvette.
How about a follow up interview with Mr. Hennessey?
Would love that and even better would be on their proving grounds to be able to put some power down
3 million id have a collection of cars classic muscle, retro mod, full race, & daily driver for that cheedar😂
Does this mean that Hennessy doesn't scam his customers?
Pa dum pa!
Well he's still in business, and customers still send their cars to him, so if he is still scamming, then no one knows about it. Back when he was pulling parts off one customers car to put on another he exacerbated the situation by being a dick on his social media and forum accounts. I'd assume his reputation is still intact
Are you the same person you were 20 years ago?
@@poly_g6068 would you spend 3mil on a car from a guy who had that rep 20yrs ago?
Not a lot of people heard about him before that scam. One could argue it may have even helped his business long term. Any publicity is good publicity.
To each their own, 3 mil you can have a nice car, house, vacation for years and early retirment. My own built foxbody is my dream car.
Build a 347 stroker
People in the market for this car already have those things. It’s not either or.
Damn man you have that on them nice California roads and still don't even rip it on the straight..😁
SSC has been making hyper cars for a long time though you just never see them the ultimate aero was insane and there new one the name I can even say is a work of art
Absolute eye candy
I know its near Burbank where exactly is this bridge in California. Leno and Need for Speed mase it famous.
What a great channel this is!
Thank you!
I was gonna ditch this vid because of the $3M tag but the beat got me...
Top of the mountain right there.
How can you spend all that time on your own ground up build. Then look at the box the gauge screen came in & go (We can just glue that on the dash…) ?
Couldn’t click this fast enough
Awesome!
Holy shit
I said that a few times driving this
OMG Sean!! I would need a smoke and a shot after that drive! CONGRATS MY MAN! Us mere mortals are so jealous!! Good for you and PLEASE keep up with your amazing channel and experiences!
My problem is where I get it serviced if I'm in New Hampshire? And if heaven forbid I do body damage can I take it to my local shop, or does someone from Hennessey send a team to fix it.
Great review as usual! You’ll never own one and I’ll probably never see one…😊
Thank you. And you’re probably 100% accurate
Surprised they didn't make the windshield wiper go from hood to roof like other high top-speed cars have done.
"This car hates me!" LOL
Should have had Dave come drive it!! 😂
lol!
I love Hennessey products. They have a big passion like You Shawn reviewing and showing us so many beautiful vehicles. Great episode. Greetings
I always thought that the Hennessey Venom was actually a Car of another name that just Hennessey "used" to make that car... wasn't it really just a modified Alfa Romero or something like that?
I think Steven Tyler of Aerosmith has or had one.
Thinking about it, I think I watched Steven Tyler sell his at Mecum or Barrett Jackson for a huge hunk of Change a few years ago.
it was a modded lotus elise, which means this f5 s technically his 1st car... for 3mil. the 1st one was a reliability nightmare, tyler's stalled out on him in a video
The Hennessey Venom was just a Chop-shopped Lotus Exige, yes. Just a chopshopped Lotus with a Corvette engine. The work was done in England by the same company that made this F5 car. its NOT a real road legal car.
Awesome video and car but i think we were all waiting for that thing to scream! Oh well will have to wait to see it on track
For 3 million, I'm buying a Koenigsegg.
But this was made by real engineers…. 😊
LOL
Yeah, I would never buy this koenigsegg all the way
Then buy it
The guys who can buy this type of cars can buy both of them 😂
Love the looks but that's why Bugatti is amazing all that weight all that comfort and still faster car
If you're talking about faster as in higher top speed, then weight doesn't have an effect on top speed.
Pour une première hyper car les américains ont assuré
J'espère un jour en voir en voir une en France
I'm sure it's a great car , but anyone who pays $3 million dollars for that needs a brain transplant .
Its single clutch since there is no off the shelf dual clutch from any supplier that will handle the torque.
Does it get to be called a Hypercar if it has a boosted LS? $3 million for a boosted LS and a single clutch transmission rough.
It’s considerably more than a “boosted LS”
If I'm spending $3M, then I'm getting the color that I want.
Beatyfull car but, shawn, no 5 point seat belts i cant believe that .assom only 1850 hp .is that on e85 or 93 pump gas.
It was on 100 octane
I lobe the f5 only other car that beafs it tho is the mclaren solus gt or p1
I love not knowing Shawn from a straight on the street but still having full confidence that he has to be genuinely one of the nicest people in the world. Love that dude.
The video says $3 million but the market doesn’t seem to agree. This exact car has been on Bring a Trailer for a couple months now and the bidding hasn’t gone past $1.85 million for a month now
Do the SSC Tuatara with Jerod Shelby
This thing is sick but I'll never understand roadsters/convertibles. I don't even like sun roofs and stuff lol. Only slick tops and carbon roofs.