This year's Amelia Concours d'Elegance was packed with more than 100 classic vehicles, ranging from 1960s muscle and 1970s race cars to 1980s and 1990s supercars. But the event also saw a few modern cars join in. The Hennessey Venom F5 was one of them and it made quite the racket by flexing its massively powerful, twin-turbo V8 engine.
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In order to exceed the 300-mph threshold or even 311 miles per hour (500.5 kilometers per hour), according to John Hennessey, the go-faster shop from Texas continues to develop the aerodynamic qualities of the Venom F5. In the following video, test driver John Heinricy shot past 200 miles per hour (322 kph) as part of the car’s mid-speed refinement and aero/drag coast-down testing.
Set to premiere on May 22nd at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, the mid-engined land missile rocks a twin-turbo V8 with many similarities to the General Motors LS family of small-block engines. Fury is how the 6.6-liter lump is called, and it features many expensive goodies such as the steel cylinder sleeves, ball-bearing chargers, and billet-aluminum block.