LONDON, June 24 — Hennessey Performance’s latest special edition modified Mustang offers a 200mph+ top speed and will be limited to just 25 examples, one for every year the company has been supercharging engines, lowering suspension and recasting car bodies in drag reducing carbon fibre.
To mark 25 rubber-shredding years in business, Hennessey Performance has decided to do what it does best: take an American muscle car and pump it full of steroids.
The result, the 25th Anniversary Hennessey Mustang can be specified in coupé or convertible form but regardless of preference for wind-in-the-hair motoring or not, the car will deliver a staggering 804bhp.
The car, based on a GT-specification Ford Mustang, also promises a top speed in excess of 200mph, a 0-100km/h time of 3.1 seconds and a standing quarter-mile time of 10.7 seconds (managing to hit 133mph in the process).
As with all Hennessey creations, the aim with this car is to deliver reliable supercar performance in a vehicular package that’s much more comfortable, practical and family-friendly than the latest Ferrari or Lamborghini.
And as production will be limited to just 25 examples, it will also be much rarer than either.
The standard Mustang GT is no slouch thanks to its 5-litre V8 but to push things onto another level, Hennessey has added a 2.9-litre supercharger and tweaked the engine sufficiently to cope with these extra induction demands.
There are new fuel injectors, a new fuel pump, upgraded gaskets and fluids, revised exhaust, better air management and a host of exterior changes, such as front splitter spoiler, side skirts and a new rear lip spoiler, all made from carbon fibre and all added to keep the car running straight and true.
If things do get a little bit too tail-out, there are huge Brembo brakes to brings things back under control quickly.
The car will ship with 25th anniversary graphics and exterior badging, embroidered headrests, and each model will carry a plaque displaying its build number. — AFP-Relaxnews
