There have been few true American supercars and are even fewer hypercars, making the Hennessey Venom F5 quite the special ride. With that distinction also comes plenty of cache on the auction block as evidenced by one auctioning over the weekend for $2,205,000.
The Hennessey Venom F5 will attempt a new speed record.
Offered as part of the Racer X collection during Broad Arrow Auctions’ Amelia 2024 event, this particular car was number two of the 24 assembled in Sealy, Texas. Quite a few bidders wanted to put this ride in their garage for obvious reasons, but in the end only one was victorious.
It didn’t hurt that the hypercar presents incredibly well in its original Lausanne Silver over Ink leather, a combination which works better than we would’ve thought. The racing stripe, black wheels, a red calipers punch the appeal of this ride up even further.
Even if the Venom F5 were in the most hideous color known to man plenty would be clamoring to get their hands on it. With legendary performance which includes a blistering 2.5-second 0-60 acceleration time and a claimed top speed of over 300 mph there are few rides one can legally register to drive on public roads which are even in the same league.
This particular example wasn’t even fully broken in at the time of the auction with just 229 miles showing on the odometer. Undoubtedly, that helped drive the price higher as many salivated at the chance of owning a factory-fresh Venom F5.
It will be interesting to see how values for this Hennessey hypercar progress over time. With not many in existence, we might go years at a time before they publicly trade hands, although there could be periods where several cross auction blocks in rapid succession, helping to establish the current market value quite clearly.
Images via Broad Arrow Auctions
Shawn Henry
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