Now, Hennessey has chosen a rather auspicious year for attempting to cross the 300 mph benchmark or even break the world record. Right now, the crown for the world’s fastest road-legal supercar is held by the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport, boasting a peak speed of 304 mph. It is followed by the SSC Tuatara, the Koenigsegg Agera RS, and the Rimac Nevera. If the Venom F5 doesn’t quite eclipse the Bugatti monster, it would still become the world’s second-fastest supercar, and that’s no mean feat.
2024 is special for Hennessey, as it marks the tenth anniversary of a landmark achievement. In 2014, the Hennessey Venom GT set a world record, touching 270.49 mph in its speed run at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Back then, it snatched the world record from the Bugatti Veyron, which at one point seemed to be the uncontested champion in the hypercar arena. It seems Hennessey really wants to own the speed record and has been planning to do it for a while now.
“We’re very intent on going over three hundred miles per hour in two directions, which would make the speed record official,” founder John Hennessey told The New Yorker in 2023. He also made fun of rivals (read: Bugatti), who, after getting bested, claim that they are no longer interested in chasing speed records. As for the Venom F5 itself, Hennessey labeled it as “pure, unapologetic horsepower” and “the ultimate expression” of its brand.
