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Originally Posted by LakeSurfer
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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It's declining for sure.
Don't forget M3 at the start and many generation was only offered with MT this is the legacy.....we don't want to lose yet.
If you know how to drive manual you would understand.
Knowing how to rev-match and when to shift is very enjoyable and satisfying to drive.