Friday 26th March 2010

Exclusive: Detailed Pics Of 1000hp Venom GT

PH spies John Hennessey's new hypercar at Silverstone

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As we reported last week, 30 March is the big dayfor tuner John Hennessey's latest project, when his 1000hp Venom GT will be officially revealed.

But the PistonHeads super-sleuths have been hard on the case. PHer Adam Thorby spotted the elusive Venom GT - which is expected to get its first proper public outing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed - parked up in Silverstone business park.

These are the most detailed snaps yet of the twin-turbo LS9 V8-powered hypercar, which is based on the humble Lotus Elise.

Although the nose remains recognisably Lotus-derived and the tail is Exige-esque, the proportions are more akin to those of a Porsche Carrera GT, and there is very little Lotus-related stuff from the engine bulkhead back.

Mr Thorby - legend that he is - also found time to take a quick walk-round vid of the Venom, which you can see below.

See more of Adam's Pics on his website

[dazsmith69]

WOW looks nice

matt black is always a winner

lets see what it can do....

[timnoyce]

Wow, that is one angry machine. I love it.

[HeMightBeBanned]

Hmmm... Not convinced by the looks.

[cossie440bhp]

looks like the hole in the wheel arch will be sureto throw stones up onto the door and side panels...damage ahead me thinks ....good for lotus tho out of all the cars they choose there little one .

[red_slr]

Exige on steroids!!

Brilliant!

[Andrew_M]

That looks great, spec sounds pretty good, I imagine half the power an n/a would make it useable but 1000hp and a fook off turbo can work in some situations

[Rollin]

Oh yes!

[RenesisEvo]

Yikes - that looks as lethal as its power output suggests. Methinks this will form a new entry on the lottery win list.

[R2FU]

That is a monster! (in a good way!)

[Chris_w666]

Wow if Batman bought lotus this is what he woudl drive.

[paynter17]

it needs a wash !

[Jaykaybi]

I actually spoke with John Hennessey last night, this is a pretty exciting piece of kit. I hold a special place in my heart for the TVR Cerbera Speed 12 but I think this could just be THE car of my dreams...

Edited by Jaykaybi on Friday 26th March 14:52

[anniesdad]

Evil! But not sure about the mirrors?! Probably something to do with the new regulations that cars must now have mirrors sized in keeping with the rest of the car?

[cliddell]

Elise GT1 anyone?





Chris

[Logie]

Roidsxige

Looks great, super agro with an engine to match

[militantmandy]

paynter17 said:

it needs a wash !

It looks better dirty!

[RenesisEvo]

anniesdad said:

Evil! But not sure about the mirrors?! Probably something to do with the new regulations that cars must now have mirrors sized in keeping with the rest of the car?

No matter how big the mirrors, I suspect all you'd see in them is objects getting very very small, very quickly.

[GTRene]

red_slr said:

Exige on steroids!!

Brilliant!

Indeed looks very good.

[Jag-D]

I wonder how it handles

[Sir_Dave]

That just looks sublime!!!

Even if it drives badly, id quite happily just have one in the garden as an ornament ...