2010 Hennessey Camaro (bend over , Camaro owners)

[Phlip]

2010 Hennessey Camaro Boasts 705 HP Credentials, $109,000 Price Tag [2010 Chevy Camaro] (http://jalopnik.com/5127007/2010-hennessey-camaro-boasts-705-hp-credentials-109000-price-tag)

via Jalopnik (http://jalopnik.com/) by Ben Wojdyla on 1/8/09

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/01/Hennessy-Chevrolet-Camaro.jpg

Assuming the 2010 Chevy Camaro (http://jalopnik.com/398828/production-2010-chevy-camaro-revealed) ever makes it to production, Hennessey is ready with a stonkin' 705 HP supercharged upgrade kit ready to hoover up $109,000 of your dollars.


No matter how the new Camaro ends up, that's a huge pile of tithing for a mullet-mobile. If you're happy with a monster supercharged mill, carbon brakes, carbon fiber bits and pieces and epic badassery, it may be worth it, but otherwise, wow. Click HERE (http://jalopnik.com/photogallery/henneseycamaro/1005870933) for a full resolution image, and all the details lurk below.

HENNESSEY PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING ANNOUNCES LIMITED EDITION 705 HP LS9 POWERPLANT FOR THE 2010 CAMARO HPE700 CAMARO

Extreme Performance Makeover Transforms the 2010 Camaro from Muscle Car to Super Car!

SEALY, TX – Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE), well known for their extreme performance sports cars and muscle cars, announces their Limited Edition 2010 HPE700 Camaro.

At the heart of the beast is GM’s new LS9 supercharged V8 tweaked as only HPE could to 705 horsepower and 717 lb-ft torque. To qualify as a supercar under the HPE banner it can’t just go, it has to whoa. With optional 15 inch carbon brakes from the stunning new Corvette ZR1, light weight HRE wheels with Michelin PS2 tires and full suspension upgrades the HPE700 Camaro will be able to make full use of its new found power.

In addition to the power and handling upgrades., Hennessey will also be offering an exterior aerodynamics package to improve downforce at high speed. Penned by British designer, Steve Everitt, Hennessey’s Cam-Aero ™ body upgrades include: Carbon fiber rear lip spoiler, carbon fiber side rocker panels, carbon fiber front splitter, front fascia with hideaway-look headlights and front billet grille. Completing the look of the HPE700 is a ZR1 inspired hood design with window showing off the Hennessey’s tweaked LS9 powerplant.

“The HPE700 Camaro allows our customers to combine supercar power and performance with classic American muscle car looks in a modern, daily-drive usable sportscar with a backseat and a trunk!,” said John Hennessey, President and CEO of Hennessey Performance Engineering. “We will be announcing other Hennessey turnkey vehicle packages for the 2010 Camaro in the near future along with an extensive list of aftermarket performance parts and accessories. But for now, the LS9-powered HPE700 Camaro, replete with ZR1 inspired looks and performance promises to be at the top of the American muscle car food chain later in 2009.

HPE700 buyers will also receive a 1-day performance driving course at Lonestar Motorsports Park – a ¼ mile dragstrip facility located adjacent to Hennessey’s 24,000 square foot production facility and showroom.

Hennessey is offering the first HPE700 Camaros exclusively to registered bidders at the 2009 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, AZ. Orders can be placed at the Hennessey display at the show or by phone or email beginning Tuesday, January 13 through Sunday, January 18, 2009. On Monday, January 19, 2009 the HPE700 Camaro will be available to the general public and can be ordered from select Chevrolet dealers as well as directly from Hennessey Performance Engineering.

Base price for the 2010 HPE700 Camaro is $109,500.

Located just west of Houston Texas at the Lonestar Motorsports Park complex, HPE has been building American supercars for nearly two decades with its Veyron-beating Venom Vipers, Ford GT’s and recently released Dodge Challengers.

[enkei2k]

that is ... one camaro i don't mind owning. shit, i'll take any new camero, they look badass to me IMO

[1Via!]

Whoa, bro, 700hp.

Looks way too retro-tastic.

[Daniel.]

So Hennessey is basically strapping a bunch of Zr1 parts to a Camaro and a few CF parts.

Wait, for that price why not just spend a bit more for the REAL ZR1?

Especially since we all know how shitty Hennessey's work is on "other" cars.

[VROOOM]

just buy a ZR1 they cost the same and the ZR1 would probably murder the Camaro. Camaros weigh a ton.

[Sleepy240]

yeah it looks great, except your forget hennessey is the one making it...

[Phlip]

Exactly right, guys.
I get a well refined and properly engineered 620-horse ZR1 for, what, 103k?
Or I can spend 110 for Hennessey to void my warranty and leave me open to motherfucking HORRIBLE problems and the nightmares of dealing with them for the rest of the life of the car?
If I have half a brain, I go for the Vette.

[SimpleS14]

Nice car and yes the ZR-1 is a better deal....but don't you guys think that car will face ridiculous mark-ups?

[Fries]

Did fucknessey destroy so many cars before? How in the fuck are they still in business?

[Sleepy240]

Did fucknessey destroy so many cars before? How in the fuck are they still in business?

Cause some rich folks with lots of money arent worried about the quality of work

[mrmephistopheles]

“The HPE700 Camaro allows our customers to get anally invaded with ripoff power and a complete lack of performance with classic American car unreliability, a post-repair semi-usable sportscar with a backseat and a trunk!,” said John Hennessey, President and CEO of Hennessey Performance Engineering.

Hey look at that, the truth plugin we got for vB is working!

[exitspeed]

Exactly right, guys.
I get a well refined and properly engineered 620-horse ZR1 for, what, 103k?
Or I can spend 110 for Hennessey to void my warranty and leave me open to motherfucking HORRIBLE problems and the nightmares of dealing with them for the rest of the life of the car?
If I have half a brain, I go for the Vette.

Hey look at that, the truth plugin we got for vB is working!

You guys are looking at this as people who make out kind of money.

People who make our kind of money don't buy this car.

People who's wallets can't even fathom the thought of a recession buy this car.

They could care less about a warranty or Hennessey's supposed shitty work.

Yes a ZR1 is a hell of a lot better buy from our point of view. But when you already had you ZR1 delivered early last month and that extra $110k is burning a hole in your wallet, why not have a matching Camaro.

And maybe I'm missing something here but, last time I checked putting a 700hp Vette engine producing 700hp into a $30,000 car is a pretty rad achievement and as a car enthusiast this is the type of stuff that we should be excited about.Even IF there are better buys out there.

See what I did there.

[nismo 240sx]

sick ass camaro...but i dont think they are going to make a camaro with more horse power that the zr1 cause then whats the point of have it?

[Daniel.]

sick ass camaro...but i dont think they are going to make a camaro with more horse power that the zr1 cause then whats the point of have it?

i think you missed the part where this model of Camaro is being made by those fucks over at Hennessey.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

So is that $109,000 PLUS the cost of a new Camaro, or is the car itself included in the price?

I mean, the only question is whether you're flushing your money down the toilet, or flushing it down the toilet while getting a broomstick up your ass, but I'm still curious.

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The fact that what Hennessey does to a lot of customers is criminal pisses a lot of people off.

[exitspeed]

Strangely I have missed the whole Hennessey problem.

Still cool though.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Strangely I have missed the whole Hennessey problem.

The tip of the iceberg. (http://zilvia.net/f/off-topic-chat/225843-twin-turbo-viper-my-shop.html)

Of course, we don't KNOW that's Hennessey.......but......well, just read it. :p

[LeftNutOfGowd]

I think I just creamed my pants that shit is sexy

[atom]

Leave it to Henessey to fuck a a car up. I'll wait to see what Lingenfelter has planned.

[Phlip]

The tip of the iceberg. (http://zilvia.net/f/off-topic-chat/225843-twin-turbo-viper-my-shop.html)

Of course, we don't KNOW that's Hennessey.......but......well, just read it. :p

Actually, a few years ago, Motor Trend did a tuner car comparo with the Hennessey Venom Viper, a Callaway Vette, a Lingenfelter Vette and another tuning houses Viper and a large part of their writeup on the Hennessey Vipers went on about the shitty build quality and techniques, parts failures and people just not fucking getting their cars back in a timely fashion, if ever at all. They also went on to explain the BBB complaints against Hennessey.
I still have the issue at home and a DVD with some of the footage as well.

[ThatGuy]

New Camaro = :rawk:

ZR-1 Power and enhanced Retro Styling on a New Camaro ("Hockey Stick Stripe!") = :rawk: :eek: :rawk:

Realizing it is built by Hennesey and Overpriced = :duh: :rl: :rl: :rl: :rl:


If I stumble across a few hundred bags of large unmarked bills in the next couple of years, there would definitely be a New Camaro in my driveway. Preferrably the bags are big enough to include a 1969 Camaro sitting right next to the New Camaro, with matching paint, and similar mods/power. That would make me very happy.

[VROOOM]

73 split bumper over the 69 anyday.

[SHIFT_*grind*]

Actually, a few years ago, Motor Trend did a tuner car comparo with the Hennessey Venom Viper, a Callaway Vette, a Lingenfelter Vette and another tuning houses Viper and a large part of their writeup on the Hennessey Vipers went on about the shitty build quality and techniques, parts failures and people just not fucking getting their cars back in a timely fashion, if ever at all. They also went on to explain the BBB complaints against Hennessey.
I still have the issue at home and a DVD with some of the footage as well.

Oh wow. I didn't know it had been brought out into the open like that in a forum as public as Motor Trend.

[exitspeed]

Actually, a few years ago, Motor Trend did a tuner car comparo with the Hennessey Venom Viper, a Callaway Vette, a Lingenfelter Vette and another tuning houses Viper and a large part of their writeup on the Hennessey Vipers went on about the shitty build quality and techniques, parts failures and people just not fucking getting their cars back in a timely fashion, if ever at all. They also went on to explain the BBB complaints against Hennessey.
I still have the issue at home and a DVD with some of the footage as well.

Good to know. I honestly hadn't payed attention to any of that stuff.

New Camaro = :rawk:

ZR-1 Power and enhanced Retro Styling on a New Camaro ("Hockey Stick Stripe!") = :rawk: :eek: :rawk:

Realizing it is built by Hennesey and Overpriced = :duh: :rl: :rl: :rl: :rl:


If I stumble across a few hundred bags of large unmarked bills in the next couple of years, there would definitely be a New Camaro in my driveway. Preferrably the bags are big enough to include a 1969 Camaro sitting right next to the New Camaro, with matching paint, and similar mods/power. That would make me very happy.

I partially retract my original post and second ^ post.

[lucky7]

wasnt hennessy the company that has been known to part out and sell parts off of customer cars on occasion? thats the funniest shit ive ever heard. :keke:

i think the new camaro is fugly. the ZR1 is a better buy, just like you guys said. i thought i heard somewhere that there was no warranty on the drivetrain of the ZR1 though?? perhaps i've confused it with something else?? the KR maybe? i dont remember now.

[stiizy]

I won't order Hennessey anything fuck that...

Price = retarded

look= Not a Fan

Car = i like but thats all......

[SHIFT_*grind*]

wasnt hennessy the company that has been known to part out and sell parts off of customer cars on occasion? thats the funniest shit ive ever heard.

Yep, I'm pretty sure that was them. Pretty sad.

i thought i heard somewhere that there was no warranty on the drivetrain of the ZR1 though?? perhaps i've confused it with something else??

The new GT-R, maybe?

[HyperTek]

all that and its not a supercar

imagine in the future, what sounds better "yeah i had a hennessey camaro"..
or
"yeah i had a corvette zr1" or "porsche 911" blah blah

[lucky7]

what sounds better? "911 blah blah blah" :keke:

[Bubbles]

i think the new camaro is fugly.

Just like the last generation and every other one before that.


Domestic cars hardly ever looked good and in the recent years they have been absolutely slaughtered.

[lucky7]

yup, i agree. there isnt a factory camaro that has ever appealed to me. the best looking one is the early 90's SS. the white one with the orange stripes. dig that car a little bit.

otherwise, the CTS-V takes the cake on styline. IMO.

[Gnnr]

The Hennessey Business Model

Add some visual modifications, a few performance parts that aren't all that special, add a ridiculous premium.

:down:

[exitspeed]

yup, i agree. there isnt a factory camaro that has ever appealed to me. the best looking one is the early 90's SS. the white one with the orange stripes. dig that car a little bit.

otherwise, the CTS-V takes the cake on styline. IMO.

Agreed. The current gen CTS and CTS-V is probably one of GM's top 5 best looking cars in their history.

[lucky7]

i just really like hard edges and straight lines. round bores me. round cars almost always look the same.

[muddafakka]

Just like the last generation and every other one before that.

Your opinion is your opinion. I disagree with it completely, but that's just me.

I find the 1st gen Camaros to be very attractive and are in fact my favorite of them, especially the '69s.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2386/1705033251_82654cdc71.jpg

2nd and 3rd gens aren't my thing but I do like the 4th gens as well.
http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/1/1260/4981/3149990223_large.jpg

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Domestic cars hardly ever looked good and in the recent years they have been absolutely slaughtered.
I think that's an exaggeration. The Big Three had it going on back in the day...up until about the mid 70's of course. I can't even begin to list how many attractive American cars were made up until then. And from then on, even though the majority of designs went down the toilet, there were still a handful of attractive ones left. Cadillac's designs as of late have been very impressive.

Anyways, what Hennessey has done with this one is neat, but even if I had the money I'd be a bit skeptical to buy one due to their image as of late. And even then, I'd just go for a ZR1 instead.

But one new Camaro I would buy if I had the money would have to be the COPO concept. I hope they make those.
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/autoshows/sema/2008/camarols7conceptnews.ChevroletCamaroLS7Concept1.im g.jpg

[ThatGuy]

The silver one is of the concepts. Needs to lose the crazy side mirrors, and gain a spoiler similar to the classic.

But overall, this picture:
http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-2006/2006-Chevrolet-Camaro-Concept-Creation-1969-1600x1200.jpg

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[lyrical struggle]

One more reason why Ford needs to get their shit together.

[lucky7]

have you seen the new GT500? i think it looks FAR better than that camaro. but im a ford guy when it comes down to it. (if im picking one of the big 3)

http://www.themustangnews.com/photos_09/carnews_09/cov-10shelby07.jpg

http://info.detnews.com/pix/autos/2008/10fordshelbygt500/3.jpg

http://info.detnews.com/pix/autos/2008/10fordshelbygt500/8.jpg

<3 <3 <3

i must confess though. i am in love with the 96-98 cobras. :keke:

[TehMaverick]

Nice car and yes the ZR-1 is a better deal....but don't you guys think that car will face ridiculous mark-ups?


Down in Gaithersburg Maryland, there's a car dealer, supposedly best deals on the east coast and last time I went there, 4 weeks ago, the ZR1 was marked up to 171,000. I asked why and they said they were one of the few that had one on the east coast.

[Mangudai]

Did fucknessey destroy so many cars before? How in the fuck are they still in business?



I only know that they've done Vipers in the past..im guessing the owners had a lot of problems with them?

[qwikspool]

:rawk:bad a$$ muscle car.

but i would choose the zr1 over the Hennessey camaro. :2c: