Whose market will get the manual cars? The US sales for manual cars is declining for sure. I valeted my car and had to retrieve it myself the other day because they only had 1 guy who could drive it and he had gone home. The new BMW buyers market certainly is not the traditional enthusiasts, seems more like old white males and middle aged women. Neither of which could be bothered with manually shifting gears. The manual car is dead in the states and dealers know that they'll sell 5 times more auto cars 5 times faster then the 6mt. So why would dealers spec them out?
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