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04-14-2016, 04:47 AM
The world's fastest convertible just did 265.6 mph
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Move over, Bugatti (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/2017-bugatti-chiron/). The world's fastest convertible is **w from Texas.
SEE ALSO: You can **w apply to buy the $450,000 Ford GT supercar (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/ford-gt-order-application/)
Clocked doing an astounding 265.5 mph, the American-made Hennessey Ve**m GT Spyder is **w officially the world's fastest convertible.
It smashed the previous world's-fastest convertible record set by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Vitesse by more than 11 mph.
The Texas-based carmaker Hennessey also set a**ther record with its Ve**m GT hardtop in 2014 when it reached 270.4 mph at the*Kennedy Space Center.
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These cars are capable of such insane speeds because they're powered by a 1,451-horsepower*7.0-liter V8 engine. To put that into perspective, that's more than eight Toyota Camrys worth of power.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/hennessey-ve**m-gt-spyder/)
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Move over, Bugatti (http://mashable.com/2016/02/29/2017-bugatti-chiron/). The world's fastest convertible is **w from Texas.
SEE ALSO: You can **w apply to buy the $450,000 Ford GT supercar (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/ford-gt-order-application/)
Clocked doing an astounding 265.5 mph, the American-made Hennessey Ve**m GT Spyder is **w officially the world's fastest convertible.
It smashed the previous world's-fastest convertible record set by the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport Vitesse by more than 11 mph.
The Texas-based carmaker Hennessey also set a**ther record with its Ve**m GT hardtop in 2014 when it reached 270.4 mph at the*Kennedy Space Center.
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Image: Hennessey
These cars are capable of such insane speeds because they're powered by a 1,451-horsepower*7.0-liter V8 engine. To put that into perspective, that's more than eight Toyota Camrys worth of power.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/04/13/hennessey-ve**m-gt-spyder/)
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