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> newfound US love for stick shifts That is something that exists entirely in the minds of auto journalists. The number of manually-shifted cars has been in st
by justin66 3y ago
> newfound US love for stick shifts
That is something that exists entirely in the minds of auto journalists. The number of manually-shifted cars has been in steady decline for decades. These last several years, it went from something like 3.7 % of new cars to 2.4% to 0.7% to 1.9%. You can see how a deceptive headline could be manufactured around the last two years of data.