Hennessey is taking the F5-M to Goodwood later in the week, and the hill run will be handled by Alex Brundle. The 2,031hp car arrives as the world's most powerful manual road car, with the first production example already assigned to a UK customer.
John Hennessey called it "the most all-consuming driving experience we’ve created". He also said: "A gated six-speed manual puts the driver completely in control, while the open-top design brings the Fury V8 sound directly into the cockpit. The noise, the feel, and the power delivery are raw and unfiltered."
Alex Brundle at Goodwood
Brundle will put the car up the Goodwood hill in public for the debut run. That gives the F5-M a high-profile first outing before buyers see where it fits in the line-up Hennessey is building around the manual setup.
The F5-M uses a gated six-speed manual with three traditional pedals. It is powered by a 6.6-litre twin-turbo engine, and Hennessey says the manual transmission and updated chassis architecture will later be offered across other F5 models. Customers will be able to specify Coupe and Roadster variants, along with track-focused Revolution models, with the six-speed manual configuration after launch.
F5-M Roadster details
The existing F5-M Roadster was a 12-off model priced at $2.65m. Car #1 carried exposed purple carbon bodywork and anodised gold accents, with a 24-carat badge on the nose and complementary US and UK flags on either side of the 1,400mm-long dorsal fin.
That combination leaves the debut doing two jobs at once. It shows a 2,031hp manual car to the public at Goodwood, and it signals that the manual setup is not being kept as a one-off for the first customer car.
Hennessey manual rollout
The next step is the broader manual rollout across other F5 models after the launch. For buyers, the immediate takeaway is simple: the F5-M is moving from a single headline car into a configuration Hennessey plans to extend to Coupe, Roadster and Revolution versions.
Alex Brundle is the driver to watch when the car makes its public run. If the hill climb delivers what Hennessey is selling on paper, the debut will be less about surprise and more about whether a 2,031hp manual road car can make Goodwood look routine.
