Venom GT

Since launching in 2010, the Hennessey Venom GT has been among a handful of elite supercars with four-figure horsepower numbers and world speed record ambitions. The unofficial fastest production car in the world has now sped all the way to the end of production.

Two years after Hennessey set an unofficial 270.49-mph (435.31-km/h) production car speed record in the Venom GT coupe, it's raised the bar for convertible supercars by over 11 mph. The Hennessey Venom GT Spyder is now the fastest convertible in the world.

Since 1950, automobile aficionados have flocked to Pebble Beach to celebrate the world's rarest and most collectible cars. This weekend’s 2014 show saw not only the gathering of Tatras and rare Ferrari Testarossas but also the latest in concept and production cars.

Last month, the Hennessey Performance (HPE) Venom GT skidded into the record books when it hit over 270 mph at the Kennedy Space Center. To commemorate this event, HPE is rolling out its very limited run World’s Fastest Edition (WFE) Venom GT with a special livery.

Hennessey Venom GT has claimed the title as world's fastest production car.

American tuning house Hennessey Performance Engineering is crowing after its own production car, the Hennessey Venom GT, set a new Guinness World Record for the world’s fastest accelerating production car.

The horsepower proliferation between the world's hypercar elite looks set to explode again as both Koenigsegg and Hennessy will debut new versions of their Agera R and Venom GT respectively, both with significantly enhanced performance.