The Manual Transmission Is Dying: Here’s Why

I love manual transmissions. I grew up driving with a stick. I still own one as my technical ‘daily driver,’ even though it’s seldom driven daily while I’m testing cars. But each year, the list of vehicles offering manual transmissions grows smaller. And my sentiments feel like even more of an anachronism. The debate is not so much whether the manual transmission is dying but where it resides on the death continuum, with only a few niche models

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