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"The manual transmission offers that classic sports car experience -- it’s the ultimate driver-car connection, where you really feel like a part of the vehicle and can control it in ways you wouldn’t be able to with an automatic," he said. "As long as there are still new internal combustion engine vehicles on the market, there will be an interest in manual transmissions."
"Tesla has the quickest car on the market -- just floor the accelerator and hang on," he told ABC News. "It doesn't take any driver skill."Automakers like Nissan, Toyota, Porsche and Honda are continuing to extol the manual transmission, he said, a "last hurrah" before the industry completely goes electric.
The GR Corolla, the latest addition to Toyota's Gazoo Racing sports car family, is exclusively built with a manual transmission.Porsche takes driver engagement so seriously that it offers 25 models with a manual transmission at no cost. Certain 911 models, like the Carrera T and GT3 with Touring Package, come standard with a manual gearbox.
"It's a niche space but sometimes customer loyalty is a reason to keep it going," she said. "EVs are here and growing. They do have a different feel and level of engagement. For people who want that manual transmission connection, now is the time to grab one before they go away."would keep manuals around until the end of the decade.
Electric cars are the emperors new clothes. Commie B.S.
Analog is not the opposite of electric. All new combustion vehicles are digital.
I'm still driving my 2001 Toyota Rav4 5-speed manual transmission. 215,000 miles hoping it will last to 350,000. I love it! I've driven only manual since 1980.
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Bring back the beasts. Please.
I have a wooden car. Wooden engine, wooden wheels, wooden chassis. Unfortunately it wooden drive.
No they aren't reassessing anything.
I LOVE my manual fiat 500, but would be over the moon to be able to get the 500X in a manual!
Analog cars? People don't want analog cars... They can't deal with carbs and distributer ignition systems.
'As long as regulations permit...' How fucking sad is that?
Toyota BRING THE ALL LANDCRUISER 70SERIES TO THE USA
I’m one of them. Leased an electric car, loved it at first, but got bored. Nothing special, bad quality and not premium at all. Switched to a Mercedes GLE, best decision I’ve made this year! Not buying another electric car for a LONG time!
Thank God. Give me something that goes vroom over a ton of electronics any day.
What’s an analog car?
No one wants these crappy electric cars
We don't care about electric cars because the average normal American citizen can never be able to afford one. I live on a fixed income I've never been able to afford any brand new car under the Democratic regime. Much less an electric one.
How many clutches will have to be replaced when they start driving them. LOL
Yes. Because holding a stick in your hands makes some weak men feel like they have something powerful in their hands and under their control.
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