{"id":58003,"date":"2012-10-26T09:00:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T07:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtspirit.com\/?p=58003"},"modified":"2013-07-19T14:01:47","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T12:01:47","slug":"video-hennessey-cts-v-coupe-vr1200-runs-220-5mph-on-texas-toll-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/2012\/10\/26\/video-hennessey-cts-v-coupe-vr1200-runs-220-5mph-on-texas-toll-road\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Hennessey CTS-V Coupe VR1200 Runs 220.5mph on Texas Toll Road"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gtspiritmedia.com\/gtspirit\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Video-Hennessey-CTS-V-Coupe-VR1200-Runs-220.5mph-on-Texas-Toll-Road.jpg\" alt=\"Video Hennessey CTS-V Coupe VR1200 Runs 220.5mph on Texas Toll Road\" title=\"Video Hennessey CTS-V Coupe VR1200 Runs 220.5mph on Texas Toll Road\" width=\"480\" height=\"280\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58004\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Video-Hennessey-CTS-V-Coupe-VR1200-Runs-220.5mph-on-Texas-Toll-Road.jpg 480w, https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Video-Hennessey-CTS-V-Coupe-VR1200-Runs-220.5mph-on-Texas-Toll-Road-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Texas-based tuner John Hennessey used the SH130 toll road near Austin, Texas to set a new record with a Hennessey CTS-V Coupe VR1200. Test driver Brian Smith piloted the fastest Cadillac CTS-V in the world to a velocity of 220.5mph.<\/p>\n<p>The high speed run was executed with the permission and supervision of the Texas Departments of Transportation and Public Safety as well as the local police force.<\/p>\n<p>Just a recap, the VR1200 package features a twin-turbo fitted to the 7.0 liter V8 that makes 1,226 horsepower and 1,109lb-ft of torque. The VR1200 is priced at $295,000.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"270\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/y_0von_5SRk?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/y_0von_5SRk?version=3&amp;hl=nl_NL\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas-based tuner John Hennessey used the SH130 toll road near Austin, Texas to set a new record with a Hennessey CTS-V Coupe VR1200. Test driver Brian Smith piloted the fastest Cadillac CTS-V in the world to a velocity of 220.5mph. The high speed run was executed with the permission and supervision of the Texas Departments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4327,4328,11565,693,1910,3],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtspirit.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}