South Coast Guy
Veteran Member
Sales of new manual transmission cars are up significantly this year, on pace to hit the highest rate of sticks sold since 2006. That news must put smiles on the faces on the dwindling breed of drivers who prefer stick shifts over automatics. But the happiness might be short-lived, as analysts predict manual transmissions will basically disappear over the next couple of decades.
According to the EPA, in 1987, 29.1% of new vehicles sold in the U.S. had manual transmissions. By 2010, however, the rate had fallen to just 3.8%.
It appears as if something of a stick shift renaissance has since occurred, with 5.1% of new cars being manuals last year, and a new report from Edmunds indicating that stick shifts are on pace to account for roughly 7% of cars sold in 2012
Read more: http://moneyland.time.com/2012/08/0...ift/?iid=pf-main-lede&hpt=hp_t3#ixzz22PniKra6
According to the EPA, in 1987, 29.1% of new vehicles sold in the U.S. had manual transmissions. By 2010, however, the rate had fallen to just 3.8%.
It appears as if something of a stick shift renaissance has since occurred, with 5.1% of new cars being manuals last year, and a new report from Edmunds indicating that stick shifts are on pace to account for roughly 7% of cars sold in 2012
Read more: http://moneyland.time.com/2012/08/0...ift/?iid=pf-main-lede&hpt=hp_t3#ixzz22PniKra6