Hennessey Gives the Ford F-150 XL a Venom 800 Street-Truck Identity

Hennessey Performance is a respectable US tuning company that deals with heavy Ford aftermarket customizations. This time, the specialists are back in the spotlight with another package called Venom 800 Sport carried out on the famous F-150. This means a shorter and lower single cabin and targets those customers who still remember the SVT years when Ford used to sell compact-looking high-performance pick-up trucks with a direct purpose.

This version keeps the broader Venom 800 mechanical package. This means that the start of this upgrade is the 3.0-liter supercharger engine that has received an HPE calibration, along with a stainless-steel cat-back exhaust system.

Brake hardware changes, too. Six-piston Brembo components arrive with red calipers, while Hennessey completes road testing before delivery. Warranty coverage reaches three years or 36k miles.

The body sits lower through a sport-truck suspension kit. Wheel choice stays fixed, 22-inch Y-spoke black alloys. At the front, exposed carbon fiber appears twice, once through the grille and again through vented bumper sections. A front splitter made from carbon fiber joins the exterior package.

There are a few details specific to this hand-built truck. The side carries an illuminated H800 badge. Vinyl graphics called ’91 Hennessey Icons run along the body. Earlier display examples used white and gray paint, while the latest truck shown by the company wears Argon Blue Metallic. The engine bay receives a crimson engine cover, which changes the visual tone once the hood opens.

Cabin work stays selective. Floor mats and headrests carry Hennessey branding. A carbon-fiber sport steering wheel replaces the standard unit. Leather and Alcantara trim also enter the interior package.

The short body shape changes how the truck reads from a distance. A regular Ford work-truck shell remains underneath, though the lowered ride height and darker front treatment shift the whole impression quickly. Then again, the proportions do much of the work here.

Hennessey sticks this truck in the same Venom 800 family as has been in other F-150 constructions, but this one is more closely related to the sport-truck formula of earlier times than the bigger crew-cabs.

Ford comes into the year with a mixed number. Analysts gave a first-quarter fall of over six percent in the brand, whereby the volume fell below 3.7 million units. Blue Oval deliveries were down by over nine percent to 457k units.

Even with that drop, the F-Series still reached almost 160k deliveries during the first three months. The difference between the Chevrolet Silverado and the Ford F-150 was 31k units. That way, Ford maintains a lead in full-size pickups, with niche versions of the same base truck being produced by companies like Hennessey.

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