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Ride along in one of our recently-completed Corvettes — A 650 horsepower supercharged Grand Sport — as John Hennessey takes it for a spin around Lonestar Motorsports Park.
The HPE650 features a TVS2300 E-Force based supercharger system, stainless steel long tube headers with high flow catalytic converters and an upgraded fuel system to churn out 650 horses for ZR1-level acceleration.
John Hennessey’s personal Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon (the “Hammer Wagon” as it’s called) has been laying down impressive feats of speed when it’s not performing the average tasks of a daily driver / grocery getter.
First up was a 2.5 hour trip to south Texas for a weekend at the Texas Mile, where the wagon edged the CTS-V speed record up even higher to 189 mph (it had previously been set in John’s old V sedan).
The next test was to hit the dragstrip to test it’s 1/4 mile potential. On drag radials, the V still managed to put down a time well in the 10′s with a 10.69 @ 134.69 mph.
All in a day’s work for the Hammer Wagon.
Over the weekend we opened our doors in celebration of 20 years making fast cars go faster. The open house event featured all types of Hennessey vehicles — including the Venom GT — on display. But one of the main attractions wasn’t simply looking at them, parked with hoods opened. No, what had many attendees lining up was the opportunity to jump in the passenger seat for a blistering ride around Lonestar Motorsports Park’s winding return roads in a 700 horsepower V700 CTS-V piloted by none other than John Heinricy (the man behind the V’s record-setting Nurburgring run and Hennessey consulting engineer).
If you’re going to be driven in a CTS-V the way it was intended, this is the man you want behind the wheel.
Watch as the latest Hennessey twin turbo Camaro takes to the dyno. This one-off build goes beyond the HPE1000′s twin turbo 427 cid LSX engine, sending added power to the ground through a bulletproof 4L80E automatic transmission.
Check out one of the latest — and rarest — Cadillac CTS-Vs to come out of Hennessey Performance: A heavily-optioned 2011 Black Diamond Edition Sport Wagon (with a manual transmission, no less).
The Black Diamond Edition is a special option released by Cadillac earlier this year, and its main claim is its unique tri-coat paint process that goes beyond the standard metallic finishes found on the road today.
GM’s press release explains the process:
In the CTS-V Black Diamond, a dark tri-coat paint is embedded with SpectraFlair Bright Silver pigment. While other luxury makers offer metallic paints, Black Diamond is created through a meticulous process that gives the paint added dimension.
Instead of simply containing small bits of metal, the SpectraFlair pigment in Black Diamond uses aluminum flakes encapsulated in a glass-like substance called magnesium fluoride. The result is a paint that has a diamond-like sparkle as light hits the surface from different angles.
The Black Diamond also comes with yellow Brembo brake calipers, a special Midnight Sapele wood trim, satin black wheels and includes the must-have Recaro front seat option.
But not stopping there, this wagon received our potent V700 upgrade and optional exhaust dumps that are electrically-actuated to bypass the mufflers, letting all within earshot know its more than just a V with a special paint scheme.
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