Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoTIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmissionwww.motortrend.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up125arrow-down13
arrow-up122arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmissionwww.motortrend.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-squareUsernameblankface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoOk, so they’re performance focused. Who is making cars that are built for the most engaging driving experience? Are those “drive a slow car fast” type cars all already built?
minus-squarepropofool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoPorsche continues to sell manuals, but alas did do away with it on the upcoming Carrera 992.2 and gts. They have a 40% overall manual sales per this: https://www.motor1.com/news/705017/manual-transmission-sales-2023/ Bmw and others do have high individual model manual take rates (bmw m2/ct5 blackwing e.g. at 60/50% respectively.) But they’ll always be the less performance option, though more “engagement”.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoI want my next car to be a Miata.
Ok, so they’re performance focused. Who is making cars that are built for the most engaging driving experience? Are those “drive a slow car fast” type cars all already built?
Porsche continues to sell manuals, but alas did do away with it on the upcoming Carrera 992.2 and gts. They have a 40% overall manual sales per this: https://www.motor1.com/news/705017/manual-transmission-sales-2023/
Bmw and others do have high individual model manual take rates (bmw m2/ct5 blackwing e.g. at 60/50% respectively.)
But they’ll always be the less performance option, though more “engagement”.
Mazda.
I want my next car to be a Miata.