Yesterday we spoke about the Germans tuning what are generally considered fast cars and making them even faster. Today it seems that the Americans, courtesy of Henessey performance vehicles, have come back with a bang by tuning the Mclaren MP4-12C. This is the first vehicle under their HPE700 tuning programme and it seems like the results are just too good to be true.
The interiors and exteriors are mostly stock save for the Hennessy badges and HPE700 badges, afterall the British sense of style and design is something that remains pretty good when it leaves the factory itself. Where Hennessy has done its magic are the underpinnings. They have installed a modified ECU upgraded intercooler, dual air induction filters and a stainless steel exhaust system.
Thanks to these changes the 3.8-litre V8 now produces 705PS and 538Nm of torque and increase of 90PS and 130Nm over the standard car. It now does 0-100kmph in 2.8 seconds! And will go on to complete a quarter mile in 10.3 seconds at a top speed of 220kmph.
None of these numbers seem relevant when you consider the scale of their upgrades on what is already a fast and powerful car. To give us an idea why someone would modify a car like the MP4-12C, we must remember that Hennessy are the people behind the Venom GT which holds a Guinness World Record for the fastest Hypercar in the world. On January 10th it did 0-300kmph in 13.63 seconds.
