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Hennessey Blackbird Arrives as a $2.5 Million Manual Hypercar Built for Drivers Who Still Want to Drive

By Jackson Chung August 4, 2026

Hennessey Special Vehicles revealed its third hypercar on August 3, 2026, and the company chose a path few others are taking. Named Blackbird after the Lockheed SR-71 spy plane, the new car from Sealy, Texas, pairs an all-new naturally aspirated V8 with a gated six-speed manual transmission and zero digital screens in the cabin. Base price sits at $2.5 million before taxes and options. Only 71 will be built, with more than two-thirds already spoken for ahead of the public debut at The Quail during Monterey Car Week. Customer deliveries are targeted for 2029 and 2030.

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Hennessey’s Venom F5 Hypercar Managed to Hit 221.92 MPH During Top Speed Run

By Jackson Chung August 6, 2024

Hennessey’s Venom F5 is one hypercar that many have never heard of before, but it just managed to hit 221.92 mph during a 1/2 mile top speed run. Power comes from a twin-turbocharged 6.6L engine making 1,792 hp and 1,193 lb-ft of torque on E85 biofuel, mated to a CIMA 7-speed single-clutch automated manual transmission with paddle-shifters.

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Hennessey Unveils ‘H850’ 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse with 850 Horsepower

By Jackson Chung July 21, 2023

Sleek and stylish, the ‘H850’ by Hennessey Performance upgrades the 2024 Ford mustang Dark Horse to supercar levels of power. The naturally aspirated Gen-4 Coyote 5.0-liter V8 now makes 850 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque, thanks to a high-performance supercharger and a high-flow air induction system, upgraded fuel injectors, a new fuel pump, and an HPE Engine Management software upgrade.

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Hennessey Venom 775 is a Beastly Supercharged F-150

By Jackson Chung March 2, 2020

Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) has revealed their beastly F-150 in the form of the Venom 775 Supercharged Truck. The team converted a factory 5.0L Coyote F-150 into a beastly muscle car fighter ready to tackle any terrain. They boosted the factory 395 horsepower engine to 775 horsepower, thanks to a 2.9L supercharger system, complete with a Hennessey paint-matched Ram Air Hood.

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Hennessey Performance Will Boost the 2020 Chevy C8 Corvette’s Power Up to 1200HP

By Bill Smith December 4, 2019

Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) knows that most 2020 C8 Corvette owners will be satisfied with its power and handling, but for the few that aren’t, they’re offering 1200 hp packages with a custom twin turbo system that will include a specially built LT2 V8 engine with upgraded engine internals. Some of these upgrades include forged aluminum pistons (10.0:1 compression ratio), forged steel connecting rods, and a fortified factory dual clutch transmission.