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Originally Posted by mkoesel
The answer to this question isn't found in a discussion forum. The answer is found by looking at sales data. The manual transmission has been decreasing in popularity for a couple decades and the rate of decline has particularly increased over the last few years.
The reasons for this is simple. The manual transmission is no longer the better performer nor the more efficient choice. Technology reached a point where automatic transmissions were able to shift faster and yield better fuel economy. For most people these two factors erased the manual transmission's value proposition.
As we head toward a future of electric vehicles, the multi-speed transmission itself will all but fade entirely into obsolescence.
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I don't think thats it, its lazy. Its not simple and tough to sip mocha, change stations and chat on the phone while driving. Everything in society has become easy, cars too (have friends that run 1/4's and low the auto...thats their game) This leads to societal change, more traffic, more folks closer to city.
Also bought manual FOR track, that control outweighs simple/speed (mines faster now) IMO. Most folks at my track discuss having a manual..I got 16 so no rev matching