Unrelenting aspiration is a cornerstone of success, and it’s bred from the desire to be the best in whatever it is. For car companies like Bugatti, nothing can be too powerful, beautiful, or expensive. For a tuner company like Hennessey, it’s to beat Bugatti. So when CEO Wolfgang Dürheimer states that the upcoming 1000-plus horsepower Bugatti Galibier sedan would be “faster than anything on the market,” including tuner cars, John Hennessey accepts that challenge.
“If Herr Dürheimer wants to invite us to demonstrate the top speed of our 1,226 bhp 4-seater (on the VW straight away at Ehra-Lessien), then we would be more than happy to accommodate him.” Hennessey said to Jalopnik. That 1,226 4-seater happens to be an insane tuning package offered for the Cadillac CTS-V Coupe.
Along with the horsepower comes 1,109 lb-ft torque from the VR1200 upgrade featuring a twin-turbo LS7 engine, which is shared with the $950,000 Hennessey Venom GT, a car that reaches 200 miles per hour in just 15.9 seconds. When applied in between the frame rails of the CTS-V Coupe along with a book full of other upgrades, that amount of force will send the wedged Caddy to 60 mph in an elite 2.9 seconds, while breaking the quarter mile in 10.2 seconds.
What’s more, only twelve of these coupes will be made, but Hennessey hopes to offer the VR1200 upgrade on CTS-V sedans and wagons, too. A 1,226 station wagon… what a world.
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It’s just like Col. Hannibal Smith said overkill is underrated.
That’s insane…. The rear tires are gonna wear out very fast despite of all that horsepower
Actually, I believe the Venom GT uses a Twin Turbo 6.2 V8.
no it’s a twin turbo, rebuilt LS7 7.0.
Except for the hood, everything here is pornography.
Glorious pornography.
I like big butts and I cannot lie…
Gorgeous!!
Wow. Now they are talking my language! That is one hot piece of metal that I would love to have in my driveway. Awesome.
From article: “60 mph in an elite 2.9 seconds” Just think what it might do with electric assist for the 0 to 20 or 30 mph part of that acceleration.
They must do a test run and document it! I wish to see a list of the world’s fastest sedans, top speeds, and prices. I know GM can make this the best price-versus-performance value supercar sedan in the world! And with this Caddy, who is so stupid to buy anything else!!
Good Lord, I wish I was rich!