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Hennessey Performance: Walking The Line Between Sanity And Audacity

When one of the ways for employees to get out of the Hennessey Performance compound in Sealy, Texas is by driving down a drag strip, you begin to see why people perceive them as mad-for-power. However, after spending a day with the people at Hennessey Performance, I can say they're just like anyone else. Anyone else knee-deep in enthusiast's money and supercars.

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12:30 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,441 views, 32 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: @boosted-lego-wagon: What a coincidence, I tune myself with Courvo too. You have to admit those Gulf livery twins stand out like two doves among crows. more »

offbeat news

Pam Anderson Sacrifices Viper For Animal Ethics

Pam Anderson continues in her current career as "vapid celeb throwing money at organizations forged from whining and communism," electing to sell her 2000 Dodge Viper RT/10 to benefit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (NAMBLA). The white-striped Viper is probably better off out of Ms. Anderson's hands anyway, as she's a self proclaimed terrible driver, but to use that money for an animal-saving campaign just seems weird. This one Viper alone is probably responsible for the deaths of dozens of polar bears, so cognitive dissonance shall remain solidly in place. [AP]

2:40 PM on Tue Jun 10 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,557 views, 61 comments

Latest by LandofMinos, a p' p' piece from here and a p' p' piece from there: @turbo zero: I think half of Sydney knows 'that guy' from Cabramatta (Popa Capramatta) more »

accidents

Dealer Porter Totally Destroys Limited Edition Dodge Viper SRT10

Imagine being a lowly porter at a Dodge dealership when you're handed the keys to one of four limited production Dodge Viper SRT10's in Southern California. The salesman hops in the passenger seat of the freshly purchased supercar and instructs you to drive down to the station for a fill up as the paper work is being finalized in the office. Now imagine if your "foot slipped off the pedal" and you ploughed into four parked cars totaling the Viper. That would probably not be a good day. You'd expect to be fired — you'd even expect the salesman to be fired, be neither happen. You, my dear porter, have just gotten off scott free in what would be considered a capital crime in some places. Congratulations. [SRTForums]

6:00 PM on Wed Apr 2 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
6,726 views, 53 comments

Latest by n/a: And stories like these are the reason my cars never go back to the dealer... VBG! I fix them myself and never ever loan them out... more »

media

SSL Pits The R8 Against The Viper On The Track

Someone decided it was a good idea to give Jack, Zerin and the Speed:Sport:Life crew an Audi R8 and a Viper SRT-10 convertible for a weekend of tossing around MSR Houston. Magically, the cars returned in one piece (well, two pieces, technically). Just to be safe, the boys had expert advice from some racing professionals and even ran a few practice rounds in Zerin's yellow TT. The results are, as always, entertaining and enlightening. [Speed:Sport:Life]

4:00 PM on Wed Mar 26 2008
By Matt Hardigree
3,054 views, 22 comments

Latest by JrodNJ: Great article. Love the wide assortment of great photography as well. more »

new york auto show

Down On The Staircase: Hennessey Venom 700 NM

The Javits Center, home of the New York Auto Show, isn't exactly a well laid-out place (take that I.M Pei). As opposed to one or two large halls, the Javits has a lot of smaller spaces where the non-major or custom automakers are forced to put their displays. This explains why there was a Hennessey Venom 700 NM Viper just sitting underneath a staircase in a far corner of the auto show.

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10:30 AM on Fri Mar 21 2008
By Matt Hardigree
1,516 views, 16 comments

Latest by n/a: I.M. Pei's buildings tend to get in the way of anyone actually using them. more »

autorama

ViperVette Scratches Your Project Car Itch

So after all that high end craftsmanship and attention to detail, we're assuming you need the equivalent of a unicorn chaser. We thought what better to rid you of the perfection of the main show floor and the primed and polished perfection of the Great 8 than with the 1986 ViperVette. That's right, it's the guts of a 1986 C4 Corvette with the approximate body of a first gen RT/10 Dodge Viper overlaid. Take a wild guess at how we picked it out.

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5:45 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,811 views, 48 comments

Latest by FЯeeMan: @SundaySunday: COTD!!!! more »

autorama

1932 Ford "Willet Special" Has Suprise Powerplant

Instead of going with a top ten list like everybody and his brother, the Detroit Autorama narrows things down to 8 finalists in the hunt for the prized Ridler Award. This group of fresh hot rods live in what's called "the Great 8". We've already seen the winner of this years Ridler Award, the Ferrambo, but we're going to take a tour through the other selections for this years Great 8. This is the 1932 Ford "Willet Special". Styled after the racers of the late forties which were bodied and modified for speed as "specials", the Willet Special has something under the hood those original racers could only dream of. Scoffing at the laws of physics, the builders of this speedster have managed to wedge a Viper V10 into the narrow frame and hood line of this handsome coupe.

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9:20 AM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
2,025 views, 19 comments

Latest by NovaloadMissesPolar: Yeah, let's fire that thing up for some reality testing. Plus I want to hear it. more »

tuners

The Magnificent Seven: Neiman Marcus Catalog Gets Seven 700NM Venoms

If the Lexus IS F was too common for you, Neiman Marcus will soon be offering seven 700NM Hennessey Venom Dodge Vipers for the low-low price of $179,500, which is approximately the cost of three handbags in their catalog. Unlike the very pedestrian blue-and-white of the previous Hennessey 650R, these precious snakes come in black with a matching black-and-red leather interior. For all that change you get 700 horsepower, 645 lb.-ft. of torque, a day of performance driving school at Lonestar Motorsports Park and a lot to brag about. But as they say in Texas: it ain't braggin if it's true. Take this and a little SRV and you've got quite the weekend. Press release and hi-res photo below.

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12:30 PM on Fri Mar 7 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,365 views, 26 comments

Latest by n/a: @polizei144: "Seriously, who would be stupid enough to buy a Hennesy from Neiman Marcus?" The real question is who would be stupid enough to buy a Hennessey, period? The other real question is why anyone in the automotive press gives this clown any more »

movies

We Never Knew We "Wanted" To See Angelina Jolie Draped Over The Hood Of A Dodge Viper

We just got the following trailer for the movie Wanted in our tip box and seriously, we never knew that was something we could ask for out of life. But now that we've seen it, we're thankful to whatever deity it is one should be thankful toward for giving us this opportunity. We're also thankful for the incredible CGI necessary to power the illusion of said Dodge Viper hurtling down the streets of Random-Ass City, U.S.A., thus necessitating her use of those long and luscious legs to steer said snake-bit sex machine. Nothing more awesome than watching a beautiful woman control a phallus with her feet. Just saying.

3:15 PM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By Ray Wert
4,616 views, 56 comments

Latest by Agata: adult toy more »

custom cars

1546 HP Twin Turbo Dodge Viper GTS Dyno Run

This has to be the loudest UPS truck we've ever heard. It's really important to notice during this dyno run how the hand held camera is shaking during one of the pulls. So it may not be quite as insane as the 2,200 hp quad turbocharged V8 we saw on Friday, but it's definitely more streetable, and has up to 100% more Dodge Viper GTS. This sucker is obviously set up for drag racing though following the advice of the video and going to UndergroundRacing.com gets us no additional info on the car. We did dig up pictures of the beast though, and its pretty sick. This almost makes us sad that the Viper is as good as dead these days. How much you want to bet these guys have already rented an oversea container to Poland?


9:45 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
8,429 views, 18 comments

Latest by Berafftone: @CARBONFIBER: That would be the Darius 240Z--Google it if you dont know the car, it has recently been completed I believe. It know has a custom body kit on there and looks a lot different. Under the hood is a supercharged more »

over the back fence

The Dodge Viper Is Dead: In Lieu Of Flowers, Please Send R&D Funds

Who would win in a fight between a 3-headed hell hound and a snake? In a case important to a great number of high-horsepower-lovin' enthusiasts, it appears it's going to be Satan's canine.

In all the hoopla over the past few weeks about Dodge's new entry to the Muscle Car Wars, the media stories popping up hinting Chrysler may be thinking about discontinuing the Dodge Viper have gone relatively ignored by the majority of the product press. Unfortunately for those with a love of the serpentine-named supercar, we've learned through several of our sources that the decision to kill off the next generation of the Dodge Viper has already been made.

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12:30 PM on Fri Feb 8 2008
By The Auto Insider
63,118 views, 125 comments

Latest by superbmtsub: This is sad news. The Viper was a real exotic. If resting the Viper will freeup cash to fix Dodge's interiors, it's a bittersweet moment for future Dodge vehicle owners. more »

new cars

2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR Gets Tossed By Ralph Gilles

When you're a Chrysler VP, like Ralph Gilles, you can shoot video of yourself driving a 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR around the No Problem Raceway in Belle Rose, Louisiana, post the video to your company blog, and expense the whole thing. This is reason number 3,201 why it is cool to be Ralph Gilles. If he didn't have to answer to Wert about the Sebring, life would be perfect.

[Source: Chrysler]

12:45 PM on Fri Feb 1 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,779 views, 14 comments

Latest by Torqahontas: @94z28rag: The Corvette will serve you fine, not everyone has the huevos to own the top dog. more »

fast lane daily

Fast Lane Daily Talks Nano, GT-R, Viper and M6 Race Car

In today's Fast lane Daily, Derek D recaps the unveil of the Tata Nano, Nissan's new GT-R GT500, and dishes some gossip about Cerberus possibly forcing the demise of the Dodge Viper. Then we switch over to some nice video footage from Garage419.com showing off the baddest M6 we've ever seen. A full tube frame, all carbon fiber body, and a Daytona series E39 M5 engine combine to form Voltron a really kick ass track star. We apologize for the woeful lack of cowbell.

4:15 PM on Fri Jan 11 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
1,218 views, 15 comments

Latest by staaave: Finally, I'm seeing something "motorsport" about the "M"6! more »

detroit auto show

The 2009 Corvette ZR1 is Coming! So Sayeth Hennessey, Reveals 678 HP Venom 650R

Somehow we think maybe the 2009 Corvette ZR1 pre-Detroit Auto Show embargo will be lifting sometime very soon. It's the only explanation we can come up with for why Nissan felt compelled to have an embargo on the 2009 GTR's Z06-beating Edmunds Inside Line 0-60 test lift late last night. OK, maybe that was just a freak scheduling thing — but then, like a bolt out of the blue devil, we received a press release just past midnight from Hennessey Performance Engineering calling out the Lutzian devil with the blue highlighted engine. Apparently they weren't quite done with the 2008 Viper SRT10. The boys at Hennessey came up with an additional 78 horsepower to add atop the straight-from-the-shelf 600 found in the fang-toothed serpent, bringing the total horses up to a staggering 678 and a 0-60 time to match that of the 3.3-second GT-R. It's called the 2008 Hennessey Venom 650R, and oh, how they rushed this one to bed — someone check out the gaping hole below the jump in the press release for "fill in original Viper model name here". Yes, somehow methinks these won't be the only high horsepower numbers we'll be comparing by the time we hit the hay tonight.

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2:30 AM on Wed Dec 19 2007
By Ray Wert
10,700 views, 43 comments

Latest by n/a: about the questions of john hennessey, no he doesnt have much credibility, and in fact has a bad reputation as a business man. he has screwed alot of people over, to the point of physical attacks i think its absolutely ridiculous more »

question of the day

Viper or Corvette?

Kind of a no brainer, but after the first day of the Bataan Death march LA Auto Show, we don't have any brain left. However, check out how smart Tocsin is:
In every relationship and social circle there are certain arguments that simply need to be had, the further evolution of society as a whole depends on the outcome of these arguments (and often times fist fights) and this is a question to inspire just one of those arguments (and a fist fight if we're lucky). Between the two ubiquitous American sports cars, taking into consideration all things from styling to public image and racing pedigree, which is the people's champion: Viper or Corvette?
Dang dude, way to tongue the light fantastic. Tongue the light fantastic? I need stimulants. Anyhow, help yourselves.

12:30 PM on Thu Nov 15 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
2,488 views, 119 comments

Latest by n/a: Something is incredibly obvious to me that seems to be missing from the Vette / Viper question. Take a look at the Vette. Distinctive styling, sexy, a head turner wherever it goes, and gee, it appears the designers over there at more »

la auto show

2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR

It's a track car! No, it's street legal! Wait, it's both — it's the 2008 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR and it'll be making its debut in just under a week at the LA Auto Show. We were going to wait until midnight tonight to show off the lighter Viper package — a package not seen for the Viper since 1999. Seriously, we were going to hold off on showing off the details on the 600 horses and 560 lb-ft of torque coming from the gigantic 8.4-liter V10 engine in this purpose-built, street-legal track car. But — we figured since AutoWeek can't seem to keep their snake in their pockets, why should we? This new edition of the already quite deadly potent serpentine super car features added aerodynamic enhancements, an enhanced racing suspension and weight savings from the "base model" '08 Viper. In addition to the 40 lbs in weight savings you'll see with the base level ACR package, you'll also have the option of a "hard core" audio delete option that will drop the audio system, underhood silencer pad, trunk carpet and tire inflator. With this package, the radio is replaced by a lightweight cover that can be configured to mount an included lap timer and the door speakers are replaced by lightweight carbon-fiber panels. The "hard core" package drops the weight by another 40 lbs. Oh wait, and did we mention it comes in new colors? Like Viper Red, Viper Black, Viper Violet, Viper Bright Blue Metallic, and Viper Very Orange. We hear the next edition will come in Viper Puce Green. Full press release with all the gory details below the jump.
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3:00 PM on Thu Nov 8 2007
By Ray Wert
24,518 views, 32 comments

Latest by mcguirev10: @KingRoyale: The point is that it isn't a track car. If you want that, just buy a Competition Coupe. Price is in the same general range and it's all business. This is still a street car, just skewed heavily to more »

new cars

Motive Viper Video Will Break Your Jaw


Stu Fowler over at Motive was caring enough to let us upload this simply wikkid video they put together of the 600 HP SRT10 Viper. For those of us who grew up watching Motor Trend TV on public access (or whatever) and then got cable and saw Clarkson and friends hooning cars around an abandoned air strip, Motive's clip is a revelation. Americans did that? Really? As Stu said, "And I think 'tits on glass' may be the exact term our art director used when he first sent us the final cut." Now, pump up the volume, hit play and put something spongy between your jaw and your lap. [via Motive]

9:45 AM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By Jonny Lieberman
5,922 views, 21 comments

Latest by n/a: Can't comment on the soundtrack 'cause the work computer doesn't have speakers. But wow, does that car look fun. more »

Angelina Jolie filming an action scene atop the hood of a Dodge Viper, double fisting automatic weapons? We also hear her Wanted co-star is a talking ICBM named Dick Johnson. [Popsugar]

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