No. 2 of 24: Hennessey's 1,817-HP Venom F5 Heads to Mecum's Monterey SaleHennessey Special Vehicles builds so few Venom F5s that seeing one change hands in public is still a rare event. That's about to happen at Monterey, where Mecum Auctions has listed a 2022 Venom F5 as Lot S34 for its Monterey 2026 sale, crossing the block on Saturday, August 15 with a pre-auction estimate of $2.3 million to $2.7 million. This particular car is chassis number two of just 24 examples handcrafted at Hennessey's Sealy, Texas facility, and it comes to auction with only 428 miles on the odometer.The Venom F5 is Hennessey's answer to the modern hypercar arms race, and the specs justify the hype. Under the rear deck sits a twin-turbocharged 6.6-liter V8 nicknamed Fury, rated at 1,817 horsepower and 1,193 lb-ft of torque when running on E85. Hennessey claims a 0-60 mph time of 2.5 seconds, a 186 mph pace covered in just 10 seconds, and an engineered top speed north of 300 mph. A carbon fiber monocoque chassis with matching body panels keeps dry weight under 3,000 pounds, while a functional front splitter and rear diffuser produce genuine downforce while holding the car's drag coefficient to 0.39. Power reaches the pavement through a 7-speed semi-automatic gearbox with paddle shifters, and the chassis rides on fully adjustable Penske coil-overs with carbon ceramic brakes tucked behind forged alloy wheels.This example wears a Lausanne Silver exterior over a Dark Ink leather interior, a subdued palette for a car built to embarrass almost anything else on the road. The sale includes the kind of paperwork collectors want to see on a hypercar like this: original factory documentation, the window sticker, a battery tender, and two custom Goodwood-fitted car covers. With only 428 miles logged since it left Sealy, Texas, it is about as close to new as a Venom F5 is likely to get on the open market.AdvertisementAdvertisementBecause Hennessey builds in such small numbers, the Venom F5 doesn't yet have its own entry in Hagerty's price guide, so there's no clean historical chart to point to the way there would be for an older exotic. Motorious ran into the same gap recently while covering a one-off Napier Green McLaren Elva heading to that same Mecum Monterey sale, where Hagerty's data on the related McLaren P1 offered the closest available proxy: a 2014 example in good condition currently trades near $1.5 million, up more than 10 percent over the past year. Hagerty's numbers on the Bugatti Veyron are useful here too, since the range-topping Veyron Super Sport sits in the $1.85 million to $1.9 million band in good condition. A $2.3 million to $2.7 million estimate on a low-mile Venom F5 lands comfortably above both benchmarks, which tracks with Hennessey's tiny 24-unit production run and the car's outright performance claims.The Venom F5's trip across the block is part of a bigger story playing out at Monterey Car Week this year, as hypercar buyers get an unusually wide range of new and established metal to consider. Motorious also covered Zenvo's Aurora Tur and Agil hypercar duo, which made their most significant US appearance yet just up the road in Carmel Valley, another sign of how crowded the four-figure-horsepower segment has become. Readers looking for the full scope of what's crossing blocks and filling lawns this week can check out our Collector's Guide to Monterey Car Week 2026.Whatever the Venom F5 brings on August 15, it's a useful data point for a car with almost no public sales history to lean on. With only 24 built and demand for the segment still climbing, this Sealy-built hypercar is likely to set a marker other Venom F5 owners will be watching closely.⚡️ Read the full article on MotoriousSign up for the Motorious Newsletter. For the latest news, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
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