Hennessy

People often say “don’t forget where you came from”. Although we’re focused on every new car, every last detail here at CarAdvice, we have an extensive back-catalogue of news stories, lifestyle yarns and reviews. Here’s a look at what happened on the week of April 10 in years past. Two years ago this week the Hennessey Venom GT Spyder sped all the way to 427.4km/h, surpassing the previous record set by the Bugatti Veyron Sport Vitesse by nearly 20km/h.

Hennessey Performance has provided a further peek at the upcoming Venom F5, ahead of its debut at SEMA next week. Named after the most lethal category of tornado, the Venom F5 has been set the task of outdoing the bonkers Venom GT, which has a verified 435 km/h top speed.

An updated Hennessey Venom GT with even more power will be unveiled at the 2015 SEMA show, which kicks off tomorrow in Las Vegas. Hennessey has upgraded the Venom GT's 7.0-litre twin-turbo V8 to accept E85 Flexfuel and in the process increased boost pressure from 19psi to 26psi. These improvements have increased the car's already impressive output from 928kW to 1082kW, a jump of 154kW. Weight of the stretched and widened Lotus Exige-based car has been kept to 1244 kilograms.