VelociRaptor SUV

[RoyJ]

Not my cup of tea either. However I find it quite humorous how many have a negative opinion of one company and their products yet have probably never owned or driven any of their products, nor have the bank roll to do so.
I imagine all 30 will sell, most of which will be to one up the Denali and Escalade crowd in the grocery store parking lot? If I were filthy stinking rich and in the SUV market maybe it'd be cool, a family mover, boat puller, burn-out machine, and is not a GM or Chrysler, yeah for no government bail out.
When will the OEM return to the full size 2-door, Bronco, RamCharger, Blazer of old? Why is bigger better, even the CJ of old has transformed into an available 4 door, the compact Cherokee 2 door, the Bronco II, the 2 door S10 Blazer, extinct. Sounds kind of funny coming from the owner of a cc/lb f350 but a modern not huge suv would be awesome.

Well, one of the reasons why people (myself included) won't buy Hennessey is the way they've treated their customers in the past, and their rip-off pricing. When it comes time to mod my go-fast toy (Z06), it's easy choice - shell out big bucks just to have "Hennessey" on my door sills, or piece together a performance package for a fraction of the cost, and support a local family shop for tuning. Not a hard pick!

I too would love a classic Bronco/Blazer/Ramcharger. But the current fuel price, economic situation, and political views would guarantee no such thing for a long time to come

 

[RoyJ]

That thing has the same useful load as my Cessna 172... I can hardly fit three portly adults in the Cessna.

But the consequences of overloading your aircraft is MUCH more serious than the truck!

I bet a stock Raptor can easily handle 2000 lbs, it just can't perform while doing so. Heck, the shocks probably have better damping control for 2000 lbs, than a truck DESIGNED for 2000 lbs.

 

[kchristian]

150k and you don't even get matching paint on the doors?? And these are Hennessey's own press photos... Kinda scary if you ask me.

Now this is a Hennessy that I could get behind:

 

[noJeepshere]

I thought maybe Hennessey took a Expedition EL and grafted Raptor parts onto it, that would have been much smarter and better looking. When I read the thread title I thought "Heck yeah!" then I saw the pics and got a whole lot less excited for it, that Velociraptor thingy looks rather ugly if you ask me.