The world's fastest convertible just did 265.6 mph
 

The world's fastest convertible just did 265.6 mph
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Move over, Bugatti. The world's fastest convertible is **w from Texas.

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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...


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