I love manuals and have never owned an automatic. Sadly though there is no more justification for them.
The new twin clutch automatics have much better acceleration numbers than manuals and better fuel economy. Pretty hard to argue with that.
They even did a test with an Evo X where they put a professional race driver in it and got him to do a lap in the manual mode where he used the paddle shifters and one in automatic mode when the computer picked the gears for him. His lap time was better in auto mode.
If I was buying a new car now I'd be pretty torn. I guess the plus of a manual is it's cheaper, but do I want my car to be as fast as possible?
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