HENNESSEY - Everything You Need to Know | Up to Speed

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Hennessey Performance is one of America’s most infamous tuning shops. They’ll build you anything from 1000 HP Camaro’s, 300 MPH Supercars, and 6x6 Ford F-150s. But how did this outrageous shop get its start? Join James as he explores the life and builds of the one and only John Hennessey.

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Hosted by James Pumphrey
Edited by Colby Mann and Max Maddox
Animation by Raghav Arumugam
Written by Bart Bidlingmeyer
Directed by Jesse Wood
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All Comments (21)
  • @Donut
    What’s your favorite Pumphrey moment this week!? So many to choose, so little time! Drop a time code and we’ll heart our favorite one! 😂
  • @raduantoniu
    James is the best host I've ever seen on YouTube and the editing team is one of the most creative! I love these videos so much!
  • @Gunflame
    Thank you guys for not skipping the drama.
  • @NotFluplaxio
    Gotta love how units of time are measured in relativity to when Post Malone was born
  • @thomasmreichert
    The Guinness book people and the Guinness beer people are the same guys! The book was invented as a way to settle arguments about bets placed in pubs. The director of the brewery thought up the idea after arguing with another man about what the fastest game bird in Europe was. ~~~~THE MORE YOU KNOW~~~~
  • @aticsmtb
    I was waiting to see if they showed Post's new truck.
  • @HarryGoldbergTV
    "they tune every car you can imagine." Proceeds to name a bunch of standard performance cars, neglecting things like the 1,000 hp Escalades and Silverados
  • @alexilauto1419
    You forgot, "Do you also love getting scammed by Hennessy himself?"
  • @DeeJayAdverb
    Hennessey, The place you drop your car off to live for 2-5 years and hope it comes back.
  • @DEBOSSGARAGE
    google" Hennessy lawsuit" and its not pretty. Still doing damage control
  • @AuraMaster7
    "The 800 made a confusing 700 horsepower" might be my favorite line
  • @Arthurzeiro
    C Van Tune is one of the coolest names I've heard on this series so far, and there's been MANY cool names.
  • @Soknik01
    "Vaporized that Turkey Vulture..... " 🤣
  • @Nessal83
    You could make a video of all of the people he screwed over and all of the drama and it would have been 10 times longer. A lot of these young cats weren't old enough to remember but I'm glad some haven't forgotten.
  • @rars0n
    It amazes me that even despite the ridiculous prices Hennessey charged for their modifications that they still had problems with providing customers what they paid for. I remember reading about these things as they were happening. More than a few customers had laid down BIG cash only to have their cars sit for months and get parted out. Brand new Vipers that got gutted and sat gathering dust after they'd paid 6 figures in upgrades. It seriously makes me question whether Hennessey didn't have some sort of crazy drug problem or something. Regardless of what he claims, he really did screw quite a few customers and there's no way in hell I'd ever give that dude any money. Especially because he's way overcharging for what he does. Any competent tuner with access to parts can do what he does for a lot less. It blows my mind that people keep giving him money, yet Saleen went out of business after making a MUCH cooler car. Yeah, I know Saleen is still around but it's effectively been stolen by the Chinese government. I think both Steve Saleen and John Hennessey were smart car guys but terrible business owners. However, at least Saleen had the integrity to conduct business in an honest manner, unlike Hennessey. This guy still gets lauded by car guys to this day, and it's bullshit. He deserves all the ridicule that he gets. With a planned total of 24 F5s that have probably already been paid for, color me not surprised when it turns out that he ends up not delivering, yet again.
  • @GearheadDaily
    There's a reason the phrase "Hennescrewed" is a thing...
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  • @bryanmasis1595
    2:28 nailed that accent coming from someone who lives in texas. I actually am about 40 min away from Hennessy in Sealy Texas...