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Driving the Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Evo

Inside the 2,031-HP Hennessey F5 Venom Revolution Evo

Top Gearโ€™s Jethro Bovingdon takes on one of the wildest hypercars ever builtโ€”the Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Evo. The Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Evo is Americaโ€™s ultimate internal-combustion hypercarโ€”a 2,031-horsepower monster that spits fire at the era of electrification. Built to celebrate the raw power of hydrocarbons, itโ€™s a Texan brute engineered with Formula 1 precision and supercar refinement.

Beneath its carbon-fiber skin lies a 6.6-liter twin-turbocharged V8, aptly named Fury. This powerhouse rockets from 0 to 200 mph in just 10.3 seconds, delivering numbers that border on the absurd. Built around a carbon-fiber tub, the Evo features double wishbone suspension with adaptive tractive dampers and a CIMA seven-speed single-clutch gearbox.

At 1,360 kg dry, itโ€™s impressively light, with 1,445 lb-ft of torque and a claimed 0โ€“200 mph run in just 10.3 seconds. Aero development by Multimatic transformed the car with a new splitter, dive planes, louvered wings, and a massive rear wing gurney.

Five drive modes tailor everything from traction control to damping, culminating in โ€œF5โ€ mode, which unleashes the full fury on E85 fuel. The Revolution Evo, priced at $2.75 million, is the track-focused variant of the F5, built for maximum downforce rather than the 500 kph goal of its sibling, the low-drag F5 Evolution.