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09/10/2025
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Sealy, Texas
September 10, 2025
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Sealy, Texas (September 10, 2025) – Hennessey (Hennessey Performance ‘HPE’ & Hennessey Special Vehicles ‘HSV’), the Texas-based manufacturer of the Venom F5 hypercar and builder of some of the fastest street-vehicles, trucks and SUVs is growing – Texas style.
The $15+ million investment will more than double the size of the facility to over 100,000 square feet, enabling the company to dramatically increase its vehicle production output over the next two years while maintaining its signature craftsmanship, quality, and performance. Construction has already begun, with vehicle production in the new facility expected to begin in Spring 2026. The new advanced manufacturing facility will allow the company to bring composite manufacturing and vehicle painting in-house.
John Hennessey, company founder and CEO: “We are excited to have such strong demand for our specially built vehicles. Our expanding network of Ford, Ram and Chevrolet / GMC dealers allow our customers to walk into dealerships and buy our Venom 800 or VelociRaptor 1000 trucks, fully warrantied, right off the showroom floor.”
Hennessey is based on a 143-acre campus, located on Interstate 10 just west of Houston, Texas. The production facility expansion will also see enhancements to the company’s Tuner School business. Hennessey’s trade-school trains technicians to modify vehicles through theoretical and practical courses. The school will have its own 10,000 square foot stand-alone building as part of the expansion.
Sales growth
In 2024, HPE built and delivered over 560 trucks, SUV’s and muscle cars to enthusiasts and dealers around the USA. HPE will build more than 900 units in 2025 and is expected to deliver over 1,300 vehicles in 2026.
John Hennessey: “It doesn’t seem long ago that I was racing up Pike’s Peak and setting a speed record at Bonneville in the infancy of starting the business. I’ve been extremely blessed to turn my dream of racing and creating fast, fun vehicles from a hobby into a business with over 125 employees and more than 18,000 customers around the world. This investment in additional manufacturing space will allow us to meet the growing demand for Hennessey vehicles from dealers and customers across the country and around the world.”
Hennessey vehicles are dyno-tested, road-tested, and backed by a 3-year / 36,000-mile limited warranty. Vehicles are available directly from Hennessey or through its authorized dealer network. Customers can learn more, explore inventory, or inquire about factory builds at HennesseyPerformance.com or by calling +1 979 885 1300.
Jon Visscher
ABOUT HENNESSEY SPECIAL VEHICLES
The Hennessey Special Vehicles team was formed to create the world-record-breaking hypercars, the Hennessey Venom GT (270.49 mph in 2014) and the current world-record-holding ‘fastest convertible’ the Hennessey Venom GT Roadster (265.5 mph in 2016).
In 2020, Hennessey Special Vehicles launched the 100% bespoke, twin-turbocharged, 6.6-liter V8 Venom F5 Coupe, which sold out in 2021. An open-top Roadster and track-focused Revolution variant joined the F5 Coupe in 2022 and 2023, boasting the F5’s prodigious 1,817 bhp ‘Fury’ engine. In mid-2023, the Texas-based company revealed the Venom F5 Revolution Roadster, which combines visceral open-air motoring with a racing circuit focus. The company is delivering like never before on its mission of ‘making fast cars faster.’ HennesseySpecialVehicles.com
ABOUT HENNESSEY
Based in Sealy, Texas, the Hennessey business comprises Hennessey Special Vehicles, Hennessey Performance (HPE), Tuner School, and the Lonestar Motorsports Park. The company has re-engineered more than 12,000 vehicles for performance enthusiasts worldwide to deliver unparalleled driving thrills. Alongside modifying a diverse range of sports and muscle cars since 1991, the company has also applied its high-performance expertise to trucks and SUVs – and boasts its hypercars – the Venom GT and the Venom F5.
Every Hennessey product is dyno-proven, fully track-tested, street-legal, and warrantied. Customers can choose from road-ready performance-enhanced cars by Hennessey from various brands, including Cadillac, Chevrolet, Dodge, Ford, and Jeep, all benefitting from a host of high-performance upgrades.
With its own test track, engineering curriculum for aspiring tuners, more than 100 team members, and capacity to simultaneously work on 40-50 vehicles, Hennessey Performance is one of the world’s leading specialist vehicle engineering companies. HennesseyPerformance.com
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