One beauty of Hennessey’s low-production Venom F5 supercar is the power for purchasers to personalize their hypercars. The corporate has obtained some attention-grabbing requests because it launched the automotive 4 years in the past, with Hennessey Design Director Nathan Malinick revealing in a not too long ago revealed interview that not less than one individual has requested the corporate to place a gun holster within the glove field of their construct.

Malinick known as it “very on-brand for Texas” within the CarBuzz interview, however didn’t reveal if the corporate fulfilled the request. In keeping with firm founder and CEO John Hennessey, its purchasers embrace its “Texas swag.”

The added personalization does come at a price, however one its purchasers perceive. Malinick in contrast Hennessey’s craftsmanship to “a really positive mechanical watch…. In case you recognize it, you recognize it. In case you don’t, you don’t, and that’s okay.” Among the paint finishes Hennessey has achieved have taken a whole lot or hundreds of hours to finish.

The Venom F5 definitely embraces its brutish identification, with a twin-turbocharged 6.6-liter V-8 engine making 1,817 horsepower and 1,193 pound-feet of torque. It could actually hit 62 miles per hour in 2.6 seconds and exceed 311 mph. Whereas the automotive launched 4 years in the past with a seven-speed automated handbook, Hennessey revealed the manual-equipped Venom F5-M earlier this 12 months. There’s additionally a roadster model.