Top Gear’s Jethro Bovingdon takes on one of the wildest hypercars ever built—the Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Evo. The Hennessey Venom F5 Revolution Evo is America’s ultimate internal-combustion hypercar—a 2,031-horsepower monster that spits fire at the era of electrification. Built to celebrate the raw power of hydrocarbons, it’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, it’s impressively light, with 1,445 lb-ft of torque and a claimed 0–200 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 “F5” 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.
