A few years ago, we were promised the manual gearbox was soon to be dead. But in 2026, that’s all changing. Between simulated gearbox patents and Ferrari’s faux-manual 12Cilindri Manuale, there are a number of automakers trying to save the manual in a simulated fashion. But then there’s Hennessey, giving the Venom F5-M a real gated manual mechanically connected to a 2,031-horsepower V8 engine and rear-wheel drive. It’s the kind of bonkers project that will secure Hennessey’s place in the history books, and following a reveal two years ago, the first of 12 production models has just been revealed.
