Cudgel
05-30-2012, 11:25 AM
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler just took delivery of the world's fastest convertible. The Hennessey Venom GT Spyder will accelerate to 200mph in 15.9 seconds, eight seconds faster than a Bugatti Veyron. Tyler was the first person to ask if he could have his without a top.
"Steven came to us last year and asked if we could build his Venom GT as a roadster," says John Hennessey. "We had to make a few structural changes to our integrated rollcage in order to be able to fit the removable top. This increased the weight of our vehicle by about 30 lbs to a curb weight of 2743 lbs (1244 kilograms). We decided to increase the Venom GTs power to 1244 bhp to maintain our 1 horsepower per 1 kilogram power to weight ratio."...
Only five Venom GTs will be built this year and Tyler's remains the only convertible. At a price of $1.1 million for the Lotus Exige chassis lengthened and braced to make room for a 7.0-liter, twin-turbo V8, it's easy to understand why interested customers are few and far between....
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9413/01venom.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/01venom.jpg/)
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3510/02venom.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/02venom.jpg/)
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6289/03venom.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/03venom.jpg/)
A few more photos here.
http://autos.yahoo.com/photos/steven-tyler%E2%80%99s-1-1-million-1-244-hp-convertible-slideshow/
"Steven came to us last year and asked if we could build his Venom GT as a roadster," says John Hennessey. "We had to make a few structural changes to our integrated rollcage in order to be able to fit the removable top. This increased the weight of our vehicle by about 30 lbs to a curb weight of 2743 lbs (1244 kilograms). We decided to increase the Venom GTs power to 1244 bhp to maintain our 1 horsepower per 1 kilogram power to weight ratio."...
Only five Venom GTs will be built this year and Tyler's remains the only convertible. At a price of $1.1 million for the Lotus Exige chassis lengthened and braced to make room for a 7.0-liter, twin-turbo V8, it's easy to understand why interested customers are few and far between....
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9413/01venom.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/600/01venom.jpg/)
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/3510/02venom.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/84/02venom.jpg/)
http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/6289/03venom.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/839/03venom.jpg/)
A few more photos here.
http://autos.yahoo.com/photos/steven-tyler%E2%80%99s-1-1-million-1-244-hp-convertible-slideshow/