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Last year, Hennessey Performance took their highly-modified Ford GT out on an empty piece of tarmac, at the Texas Mile, and they managed to push the custom twin-turbo supercar all the way up to 257.7 mph or 412.3 km/h. This year, they've tried again, and with several improvements to the car, the speed achieved was higher, as the GT crossed the mile marker at 267.6 mph (428.1 km/h), rivaling the Bugatti Veyron SS for sheer speed. Read more »
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- New Footage From Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Vs Nissan Gt-r R35 Drag Race
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- Santa, Your Ride Has Arrived: Hennessey's 2013 Hpe800 Twin Turbo Jeep Grand Cherokee Srt8
With a 6.4-liter HEMI V8 engine pushing 465-horses 465 lb-ft (630 Nm) of torque for 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) sprint time of 4.8 seconds and a quarter mile time in the mid-13 second range, the regular 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is one of the fastest production...
- Video: Twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo Goes Airborne At Texas Mile
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Hennessey-Tuned Ford GT Takes Texas Mile Record [w/Video]
Last year, Hennessey Performance took their highly-modified Ford GT out on an empty piece of tarmac, at the Texas Mile, and they managed to push the custom twin-turbo supercar all the way up to 257.7 mph or 412.3 km/h. This year, they've tried again, and with several improvements to the car, the speed achieved was higher, as the GT crossed the mile marker at 267.6 mph (428.1 km/h), rivaling the Bugatti Veyron SS for sheer speed. Read more »
- The Hennessey Venom F5 Could Be A 290-mph Machine
As if the Hennessey Venom GT's 270-mph run earlier this year wasn't enough, John Hennessey's company is now working on getting the striking Venom F5 to exceed that Bugatti Veyron-beating top speed – all the way up to 290 mph. Read...
- Ams Performance's 1,602awhp Nissan Gt-r Runs The 1/4 Mile In A Record Breaking 8.63 Seconds!
After breaking the world record for the fastest Nissan R35 GT-R at the Texas Mile event last October with its Alpha 12 model that reached a top speed of 216.9mph (349km/h), AMS Performance has shuttered yet another record. This time, the aftermarket-tuning...
- New Footage From Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Vs Nissan Gt-r R35 Drag Race
Last Wednesday on December 28, a stock Bugatti Veyron with 1,001HP and a Nissan GT-R R35 upgraded with some light performance mods met up at the Palm Beach International Raceway near Jupiter, Florida, for a friendly quarter-mile drag race. Once the...
- Santa, Your Ride Has Arrived: Hennessey's 2013 Hpe800 Twin Turbo Jeep Grand Cherokee Srt8
With a 6.4-liter HEMI V8 engine pushing 465-horses 465 lb-ft (630 Nm) of torque for 0 to 60 mph (96 km/h) sprint time of 4.8 seconds and a quarter mile time in the mid-13 second range, the regular 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 is one of the fastest production...
- Video: Twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo Goes Airborne At Texas Mile
The Texas Mile had its inaugural event back in October 2003 and since then it has become very popular among performance enthusiasts. There you can drive on a one and a half mile highway section as fast as you can and not be in trouble in the eyes of...