Hennessey Corvette C7 hits 200MPH on TX highway

[Darth Biscuit]

Watch the whole video, it's cool as poo... turn the sound up if you can...

 

[Crixtala]

craziness

 

sounds amazing

 

sad the new corvette's are so damn ugly :(

[Darth Biscuit]

You don't like them?  I think they're awesome.

[Anybodyhome]

The guy is driving this car 1-handed. Watch his left hand, it's holding a stopwatch or something else, but it's not wrapped around the steering wheel.

[rg3and10]

Corvettes have been hitting 200mph for years & years.

No way in hell I'd do that. That car would disintegrate at 200mph if you wrecked. All it'd take is a squirrel to run out in front of him & he's gone.

[Darth Biscuit]

The guy is driving this car 1-handed. Watch his left hand, it's holding a stopwatch or something else, but it's not wrapped around the steering wheel.

 

I saw that... no idea what he's holding, but it's not the steering wheel...

 

 

Corvettes have been hitting 200mph for years & years.

 

 

Thanks for the insightful commentary.

[rg3and10]

I saw that... no idea what he's holding, but it's not the steering wheel...

Thanks for the insightful commentary.

2006 Z06...

2009 ZR1...

[Darth Biscuit]

2006 Z06...

2009 ZR1...

 

 

Are you just a contrarian by nature?

 

No one said this is the first ever Corvette to hit 200MPH, it's the first C7 to do it...   200MPH isn't really a big deal... it's just a cool video.

[Crixtala]

You don't like them?  I think they're awesome.

 

i HATE the back ends on them and think the front ends are alright, but just a rip-off of the new Viper's... the last gens were far superior in the looks department imo

 

I saw that... no idea what he's holding, but it's not the steering wheel...

 

i assumed it was nitrous... he hits it when he was starting to lose major power and he took off again.  could be wrong though

[Darth Biscuit]

i HATE the back ends on them and think the front ends are alright, but just a rip-off of the new Viper's... the last gens were far superior in the looks department imo

 

 

i assumed it was nitrous... he hits it when he was starting to lose major power and he took off again.  could be wrong though

 

That's what I kind of thought at first, but he holds it down a long time... I didn't think you could use nitrous for very long.

 

I loved the C6's too... but I really like this C7.

[rg3and10]

Are you just a contrarian by nature?

No one said this is the first ever Corvette to hit 200MPH, it's the first C7 to do it... 200MPH isn't really a big deal... it's just a cool video.

Nope. I just think the new Corvette is ass ugly.

I prefer the 97-04 C5

[Captroop]

Love the squad car view at the end.

 

"Dispatch, I'm requesting backup 10 miles ahead of my position. He should be there in about 3 minutes. It's a white...blur."

[thefuzz]

I was wondering if the switch in his hand was something like a parachute in case he got a little squirrely.

[Anybodyhome]

The button is connected to a pigtail and he begins holding it down after he makes his final shift at about 150mph. I'm thinking it's one of 2 things:

1. An override to the onboard computer that is basically either a governor/rev limiter or

2. They installed some sort of recording device to capture the actual speed/engine performance to begin at a certain point.

 

And while this may be "ancient history" to some, the 1966 split-window is still the most iconic Corvette ever built: