{"id":22892,"date":"2018-10-01T14:11:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=22892"},"modified":"2018-10-01T14:11:51","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T18:11:51","slug":"payne-hail-goliath-the-silverado-based-6x6-pickup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2018\/10\/payne-hail-goliath-the-silverado-based-6x6-pickup","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Hail Goliath, the Silverado-based, 6×6 pickup"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Goliath<\/p>\n

For those who don\u2019t think the all-new, 2019 Chevy Silverado pickup\u2019s earth-chewing, four-wheel-drive, high-strength steel, off-road-trimmed Trail Boss Z71 is tough enough, say hello to Goliath.<\/p>\n

David\u2019s sling may have met its match.<\/p>\n

Texas-based, performance automaker Hennessey unleashed the six-wheel-drive mega-truck this week with 37-inch off-road tires, an eight-inch suspension lift, and enough firepower to scale the Grand Canyon. The six wheels are driven by a Hellcat-like 705 horses from a blown, 6.2-liter Chevy V-8. Mercy.<\/p>\n

Only 24 copies of this biblical beast will be built at a price of $375,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very excited to offer our new Goliath 6X6,\u201d said company boss John Hennessey, adding that the vehicle \u201cmakes a huge statement anywhere our clients go \u2014 whether its Rodeo Drive or the sand dunes of the Sahara Desert.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not Hennessey\u2019s first six-wheel rodeo. The Goliath follows the mod shop\u2019s 6X6 version of Ford\u2019s ferocious F-150 Raptor pickup \u2014\u00a0Hennessey calls it the VelociRaptor<\/a>, naturally \u2014\u00a0which packs 605 horsepower and a sticker price of (just) $349,000. Mercedes also offers a 6×6 pickup \u2014\u00a0but it’s not available on U.S. shores.<\/p>\n

Like the latest evolution of the gigantic robots out of the movie \u201cPacific Rim,\u201d Goliath ups the VelociRaptor\u2019s pony count with a supercharged 705 making 675 pound-feet-of torque. With all six wheels churning, Goliath will sprint to 60 mph in just over 4 seconds\u00a0\u2014\u00a0quicker than David can load a single rock. And about the same time as a V-8-powered Dodge Challenger coupe.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as quick, however, as Hennessey\u2019s upgrade to Chevy\u2019s Alpha male Corvette ZR1, which makes 1,200 horsepower and sprints to 60 in an eyeball-flattening 2.2 seconds.<\/p>\n

The Goliath is based on<\/a>\u00a0Chevy\u2019s lightweighted (by 450 pounds), 420-horsepower, V-8\u00a0Silverado with all the tech trimmings<\/a>: hydraulic engine mounts, smartphone app connectivity, rear seatback storage. The Hennessey version is distinguished by the \u201cHennessey\u201d logo stamped across the front fascia and rear tailgate, by quad tailpipes, and by \u2014\u00a0well, its six wheels.<\/p>\n

To accommodate the third axle in the rear, Goliath gets a special 6-foot bed with a roll bar. But wait there\u2019s more: Goliath can be upgraded to a bonkers 808 horsepower with Brembo brakes to make sure you can stop the thing after breaking the sound barrier.<\/p>\n

The Silverado hit dealerships this fall as Chevy\u2019s full-size pickup goes head-to-head against new entries from archrival Ford and RAM\u2019s 1500. The 6×6 Hennessey Goliath can be ordered through select Chevrolet dealers \u2014\u00a0or directly from Hennessey Performance Engineering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For those who don\u2019t think the all-new, 2019 Chevy Silverado pickup\u2019s earth-chewing, four-wheel-drive, high-strength steel, off-road-trimmed Trail Boss Z71 is tough enough, say hello to Goliath. David\u2019s sling may have met its match. Texas-based, performance automaker Hennessey unleashed the six-wheel-drive mega-truck this week with 37-inch off-road tires, an eight-inch suspension lift, and enough firepower to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22892"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}