By John Coyle

Deputy Editor

At the Hyundai booth this year, it was about the Genesis Coupe. There was only one Genesis sedan on display, and I liked how there was an artist hand-painting a graphic onto the front and rear fenders. There was also Hyundai’s 2.0T R-Spec version on-hand, which is basically a 2.0T Track without power seats, a sunroof, trick interior lighting, and other creature comforts. It’s 68lbs lighter and $3000 the Track, and while it didn’t exactly pop against the trick offerings from Hennessey, Greddy, and Rhys Millen Racing, it’s cool to see the company offering this package. Of the three tuned offerings on display, the clear standout was Rhys Millen Racing’s mid-engine 480HP V8 version. The engine bay was absolutely sick, and while it and the interior were packed to the gills with carbon fiber bits, the overall effect was almost subtle, and the orange paint looked like six miles deep. Hit the jump to see more pictures from the booth, including walk-around videos of all the cars.

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By Michael Berenis

Tampa Sports Car Examiner

A recent track test by Hennessey Performance of their V700 CTS-V package set off the OnStar emergency system thanks to a .99g longitudinal pull. This is the same vehicle that ran a 185 mph standing mile! The car simply has too much horsepower! I guess Cadillac didn’t think of the tuners when they designed the big brother alert system. Too much technology, not enough consideration for all possibilities. It doesn’t look good for the OnStar system, but it speaks extremely highly of Hennessey’s performance capabilities!  It would get mighty annoying if every time I launched my 700 horsepower CTS-V I was contacted by OnStar. “Just me again, no emergency just too much power!” Read more at Tampa Sports Car Examiner.

By Speedhunters

Car Culture At Large

With the endless stream of gloomy news and drama coming from Detroit these days, it can be hard to find something out there to get excited about. The timing might not be ideal, but with a redesigned Mustang, the new Camaro, and the Dodge Challenger on the market, you can almost forget about bailouts and credit crunches and pretend that it’s 1970 again. Despite the fact that these retro muscle cars perform better than their ancestors could ever dream of, there are still people that want more, and tuners like Hennessey Performance Engineering are there to serve them.

This rendering is of the Hennessey Camaro HPE550, a package that transforms the Chevy Camaro SS into supercharged beast outputting over 560hp, along with all the required body and wheel upgrades. If that isn’t enough, HPE is also going to be offering a Camaro powered by the engine from the Corvette ZR1.

Hmmm… what green movement? What recession?

-Mike Garrett

By Rob Einaudi

Editor-in-Chief

Seems kind pricey to me, but hey… Full details over at Camaro5.

Generally, I think cars that are co-branded with retailers—like the Eddie Bauer Edition Ford Explorer—are kind of dorky. But there’s nothing dorky about this Neiman Marcus Special Edition Hennessey Venom. This thing looks even more vicious that a regular Viper, and with the 700—yup, 700—horses on tap, driving it should be a completely amazing experience. It’ll be on the floor at the New York International Auto Show, so I’ll try to get some good pictures of it after I get there. In the meantime, check a few more shots after the jump.

Hennessey via World Car Fans