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Analog Insurgency: The Hennessey Blackbird’s $2.5 Million Screen-Free Statement

John Hennessey’s latest hypercar ditches the digital displays and twin-turbos for a gated manual and a naturally aspirated V8 from the gods of IndyCar.

In an era where hypercar interiors are beginning to resemble the bridge of a Starfleet vessel, Hennessey Performance has decided to look toward the stratosphere for a different…

Named in honor of the Lockheed SR-71, the Blackbird is the third bespoke hypercar to emerge from the Texas-based outfit, following the lineage of the Venom GT and Venom F5.

The output is a precise 850 horsepower, a figure that might seem modest compared to the 1,817-horsepower Venom F5-M recently teased on social media, but Hennessey is clear that…

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John Hennessey’s latest hypercar ditches the digital displays and twin-turbos for a gated manual and a naturally aspirated V8 from the gods of IndyCar.

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