I know, I am from Germany :) We have still a lot of manual cars, even amongst the newly sold ones. But beyond that we keep doing what we did your decades, manua

I know, I am from Germany :) We have still a lot of manual cars, even amongst the newly sold ones. But beyond that we keep doing what we did your decades, manual transmissions are popular in the cheaper car segment. On the other side, all the big, expensive manufacturers more and more move towards automatic transmissions. A BMW-driving colleague keeps complaining how the manual transmissions tend to get worse with each model generation. But even if Germany kind of misses out on the automatic transmission age a bit - the discussion is moot due to the switch to electric.