It’s a sad fact that the manual transmission, while unlikely to go fully extinct anytime soon, is becoming increasingly rare. Driving culture is changing, and so are driving habits; cars are also going electric, so finding a new three-pedal car can be tough, if still not impossible. In the American market, the list of automakers that have abandoned stick shift for good is a lot longer than those that haven’t and includes Mercedes, Audi, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Lexus, Jaguar, Maserati, and Aston Martin, to name several. Those that are still hanging on are some of the diehards: Porsche and BMW, of course, though also Cadillac. All-encompassing luxury among the remaining manual upmarket cars tends not to be the highest priority, and instead, driving dynamics and power are for the hardcore buyers who still want to row their own in a modern car. It’s hard to imagine Porsche or BMW, to take two..
