Steven Tyler’s Hennessey Venom GT Spyder Fetches A Tidy Sum Auction
Steven Tyler has finally found a buyer for his The front man of Aerosmith, who bought the first production Venom GT Spyder back in 2012, is now parting with his history-making after the Venom GT Spyder fetched a cool $800,000 at the Barrett-Jackson in Scotsdale, Arizona over the weekend.
In addition to taking ownership of the 1,200-horsepower supercar, the winning bidder also gets a guitar signed by Tyler and his Aerosmith bandmates to go with a week’s vacation at the rock icon’s beach house in Maui. Not a bad deal, all things considered.
The guitar and the vacation are nice dressings, but the real highlight here is the Venom GT Spyder, which Tyler paid $1.1 million for back in 2012. It’s one of only five models that built for the 2013 model year and it’s the very first version of the American company’s supercar-slaying supercar. Beyond the fact that it can spit out 1,200 horsepower and 1,155 pound-feet of torque, the Venom GT Spyder is capable of hitting 0 to 60 mph in just 2.7 before peaking at an insane top speed of 270 mph. or not, that’s speed that’s going to make the new owner’s teeth melt.
All things considered, the $800,000 winning bid is going to a worthy cause as all proceeds from the auction of the Venom GT Spyder is going to Tyler’s own charity, Janie’s Fund, which helps support abused and neglected women. The final amount may not have approached the $1.1 million that Tyler was looking to get from the sale, but the amount is still significant enough to help out the beneficiaries of the auction.
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Steven Tyler’s Hennessey Venom GT Spyder Fetches A Tidy Sum Auction
Steven Tyler has finally found a buyer for his The front man of Aerosmith, who bought the first production Venom GT Spyder back in 2012, is now parting with his history-making after the Venom GT Spyder fetched a cool $800,000 at the Barrett-Jackson in Scotsdale, Arizona over the weekend.
In addition to taking ownership of the 1,200-horsepower supercar, the winning bidder also gets a guitar signed by Tyler and his Aerosmith bandmates to go with a week’s vacation at the rock icon’s beach house in Maui. Not a bad deal, all things considered.
The guitar and the vacation are nice dressings, but the real highlight here is the Venom GT Spyder, which Tyler paid $1.1 million for back in 2012. It’s one of only five models that built for the 2013 model year and it’s the very first version of the American company’s supercar-slaying supercar. Beyond the fact that it can spit out 1,200 horsepower and 1,155 pound-feet of torque, the Venom GT Spyder is capable of hitting 0 to 60 mph in just 2.7 before peaking at an insane top speed of 270 mph. or not, that’s speed that’s going to make the new owner’s teeth melt.
All things considered, the $800,000 winning bid is going to a worthy cause as all proceeds from the auction of the Venom GT Spyder is going to Tyler’s own charity, Janie’s Fund, which helps support abused and neglected women. The final amount may not have approached the $1.1 million that Tyler was looking to get from the sale, but the amount is still significant enough to help out the beneficiaries of the auction.
Continue after the jump to read the full story.
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Steven Tyler’s Hennessey Venom GT Spyder Fetches A Tidy Sum Auction
