Hennessey Venom GT

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On January 21, 2013, the Venom GT set a Guinness World Record for the fastest production car from 0–186 miles per hour (0–300 km/h) with an average acceleration time of 13.63 seconds.[2] In addition, the car set an unofficial record for 0–200 mph (0–322 km/h) acceleration at 14.51 seconds, beating the Koenigsegg Agera R's time of 17.68 seconds, making it the unofficial fastest accelerating production car in the world.[3][4]
On April 3, 2013, the Hennessey Venom GT crested 265.7 mph (427.6 km/h) over the course of 2 miles (3.2 km) during testing at United States Naval Air Station Lemoore in Lemoore, California. Hennessey used two VBOX 3i data logging systems to document the run and had VBOX officials on hand to certify the numbers.[5]
On February 14, 2014, on the Kennedy Space Center’s 3.22-mile (5.2 km) shuttle landing strip in Florida, the Hennessey team recorded a top speed of 270.49 mph (435.31 km/h) with Director of Miller Motorsport Park, Brian Smith, driving.[6] As the run was in a single direction, and only 16 cars have been sold to date (to qualify Hennessey must build 30), it does not qualify as the world's fastest production car in the Guinness Book of Records.[7][8]
On March 25, 2016 the Hennessey Venom GT Spyder posted a top speed of 265.6 mph (427.4 km/h) at California's Naval Air Station Lemoore, establishing a new speed world record for open top street legal road vehicles, celebrating Hennessey's 25th anniversary.[9] In May 2016 the Hennessey Team revealed that the record-breaking car was about 300 hp (220 kW) down on power due to issues with one of the car's three high capacity fuel pumps. Normally, the Venom GT Spyder delivers 1,451 hp (1,082 kW) and 1,287 lb·ft (1,745 N·m) from its forced induction 7.0-liter V8, making it the third most powerful production car at the time, behind the Bugatti Chiron and the Koenigsegg Regera. [10]

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