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Hennessey Performance President John Hennessey on the economy’s impact on sales of custom high-performance cars.
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This is here in Houston Texas.
Our next guest is one of the top custom car builders in the US John Hennessy has been scooping up cars for celebrities like Jay Leno is Steven Tyler.
For more than twenty years in these babies don't come cheap some of -- models top out at over a big bucks are far.
Absolutely John Hennessey from Tennessee performance voters joins me now -- Johnston.
Dollars you know what is a million dollar -- look like.
And they don't look Karl looks like the power 12144 -- probably deserves 62 and a half seconds -- You can't quite ticket back car honked and sold goods are in jail and you -- -- why else.
That's a little excessive taxation writing he had -- at the beginning -- -- a little still -- -- wagging his -- on the -- still -- goes quick but it's fun to drive so I can't count that as you -- you're tracking well you know when they pull me over there you know say we got under the hood and pending news sent out from there how -- is -- -- north that I -- drive a hundred grand.
Wow.
First station where -- -- ninety -- -- You're one of those guys -- walked in everyone knew you all the billionaires I mean are you selling all their cars Tillman definitely needs of venom GC yes the road to sell it.
Who what's -- market like right now -- your average customer.
Com our average customers ago come along by Ford rapper -- -- not yet typically a guy okay fifty grand for a really nice truck.
It will give 600 horsepower -- but another seventeen -- about 7000 dollars.
That's a rule Britain -- -- market force Google to 130 of those vehicles last year wow so it's like it's at its truck not -- -- -- I think that Jay -- tightening marvel we're talking with a lot of sports cars were known for that but trucks and suvs -- -- And what the market like for this right now because obviously the economy across the country is its struggle -- -- people here in Houston a lot of money but are you selling mostly hear are business is truly nationwide and international.
And I would say that up till about six months ago.
Our business -- super strong and now we're working really hard to maintain.
Orleans yes what do you think cast sheets I don't know I think maybe you were leading up to election there's -- -- -- market is funny demand out there like summons that you could drive around and every restaurant tonight in Houston Texas the parking -- going to be full so there's money that's out there.
But think for people that are gonna spend.
A hundred grand for -- car or something like that.
They're kind of waiting to see if things to better -- in you were telling me before.
That you -- a lot international -- got back from firing exist as a big market -- us data does the Middle East.
-- fast cars and that's something that.
Fast cars for us just that transcends culture so I can go to Siberia and have a conversation with some rushing about fast cars there in -- fast cars and and like to go fast as we have something in common how this works easily -- firing your assurance there and they hear back haven't we have a distributor over there and they promoter vehicle's -- over -- from time to time -- so mall and.
It's a good market we -- -- a couple seconds left but what makes Texas bass or asking everyone.
Texas a place where there's a candy attitude I've been here for almost thirty years I heard it right when I first got here and I'm like people think they can do it and they do -- -- -- it.
You got guys like do -- -- got people in the government.
That not only wanted to keep the barriers low the taxes low and regulations -- that they wanna try to help us win.
When they can't.
Eight it's gotta be the truth is -- -- saying the same thing and attracted thirty people who said the same things so instinct.
Thank you so much we appreciate your time if you wait to see that car that you're let me about it here today I -- get to the airport really quick so that's and we America.
