Hennessey Performance lives up to its motto of “making fast cars faster”, and the Hennessey Venom 1200 is the most visceral and powerful project to roll off the firm’s Texan production lines. Based on an already impressive platform, the Venom 1200 is the most extreme iteration of the Shelby GT 500 platform.
The Shelby GT 500 is one of the most potent cobra badge-bearing muscle cars of the modern muscle car age, but Hennessey believes that even at the bleeding edge of Ford’s performance engineering, there’s always room for improvement. The Shelby GT 500 is powered by a hellish 5,2-litre V8 mustering 536 kW and 847 Nm bestowing this 2-door pony from hell with the ability to sprint from 0 to 100km/h in 3,4 seconds. It’s the undisputed pinnacle of Ford’s current muscle car fleet and what would seem to be the perfect opportunity to birth an even unhinged and untamed muscle-bound pony car.
Introducing the Hennessey Venom 1200, the most powerful factory-produced Mustang of all time. Remember that 5,2-Litre V8? Well, Hennessey decided to pair that sumptuous motor with a ludicrous 3,8-litre supercharger. Alongside a gargantuan supercharger are supporting mods ranging from a high-flow induction system, upgraded billet fuel rails, heavy-duty pulleys and tensioners and a recalibrate dual-clutch transmission to handle an increased output. After all the tweaks and touches, the Venom 1200 is blessed with a mighty 894 kW and 1 222 N.m. That’s a 58% increase in power over stock! One thing to note is that this output requires a swig or two of ethanol.
Only 66 examples of this beastly Hennessey product with an optional 1966 24 Hours of Daytona livery are available to customers. The asking price for this supercar killer conversion? Roughly R1 080 000, and Hennessey provides a 1-year/190 00km warranty plan.
“The stock Shelby GT500 is an extraordinary muscle car, but we take it to the nth degree with our Venom 1200.” — John Hennessey, CEO and founder of Hennessey Performance
