Why stick shifts are going extinct

[Hamartia Antidote]

The automatic transmission..pioneered by Chrysler...the most popular transmission in the US for decades...but very slow to gain traction in most of the world...has finally completely killed the manual market in the US.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/video/why-stick-shifts-are-going-extinct/vp-BB12FGl5

Car fans revel at the art of driving a stick shift, but now, the vast majority of people in the U.S. rarely ever encounter one. In 2006, 47 percent of car models sold in the US offered manual transmissions. By 2020, the number was just 13 percent. The manual transmission, once a ubiquitous feature, could now be going extinct.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Holy craziness Batman!

 

[S.Y.A]

Evolution of tech. Those crying over people going for automatics or EVs should also go back to riding horses and donkeys.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Evolution of tech. Those crying over people going for automatics or EVs should also go back to riding horses and donkeys.

I remember back in the 1990's these two Russians I worked with found automatic transmissions one of the most amazing things they had ever experienced after coming to the US. They were like "Wow I stick in D and that's it...unbelievable!!" LOL!!

 

[gambit]

I paid for an auto rebuilt once: TH 700R. Got scared so I returned to manual until an '07 Grand Cherokee. Sold that and now am driving a 6-speed manual '10 FJ Cruiser.

 

[PradoTLC]

The automatic transmission..pioneered by Chrysler...the most popular transmission in the US for decades...but very slow to gain traction in most of the world...has finally completely killed the manual market in the US.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/video/why-stick-shifts-are-going-extinct/vp-BB12FGl5

Car fans revel at the art of driving a stick shift, but now, the vast majority of people in the U.S. rarely ever encounter one. In 2006, 47 percent of car models sold in the US offered manual transmissions. By 2020, the number was just 13 percent. The manual transmission, once a ubiquitous feature, could now be going extinct.

my first car was a red Honda Civic Coupe 1.6L in YE 1999 manual transmission. I bought it in Dubai at such high discount as the car was sitting in the dealers lot almost a year... yup by the 2000s almost no body was buying manuals. If remember i paid AED 39K for car that retailed at AED 52K. (divide by 3.673 to covert into USD)

my dad gave me an ear full... only 2 doors and no auto!.. you bought a bad car!!...lol


exactly like this one except no sunroof. Interestedly it wasnt Japanese built.. but built in Ohio

sad, i prefer manuals more engaging to drive especially in revving honda engines and the reliability it add to the car.

 

[Rajputana_]

This is just an incessant debate.

Older souls wont give up their manuals as the rral shyt, newer folks cannot wrap their heads around manual drudgery.

Oh the gods cruelty!!

 

[PradoTLC]

This is just an incessant debate.

Older souls wont give up their manuals as the rral shyt, newer folks cannot wrap their heads around manual drudgery.

Oh the gods cruelty!!

i dont think so.

Toyota F86 is still offered in manual and so are most sports car. Even some versions of 9-11 can be ordered in manual

i believe for market still exist in sports cars and 4x4s like Toyota LC 70

 

[bananarepublic]

I paid for an auto rebuilt once: TH 700R. Got scared so I returned to manual until an '07 Grand Cherokee. Sold that and now am driving a 6-speed manual '10 FJ Cruiser.

Damm 10' FJ , How smooth is it?

 

[Armchair]

i prefer autos but love the miata which i owned in the US. the best car ever built in human history. put 100k miles on it. as they say roadsters are best driven manual but i enjoyed the care free handling of my auto

 

[Rajputana_]

i dont think so.

Toyota F86 is still offered in manual and so are most sports car. Even some versions of 9-11 can be ordered in manual

i believe for market still exist in sports cars and 4x4s like Toyota LC 70

Dunno what an f86 is, but the reality is manuals are outdated, fanatics will hang on for a while like carburetors, but they losing this world, audi and tbe the smaller engine muscle cars here have already given up. Its just evolution bro, cant beat it.

Disclaimer: owner of a 6 speed manual 550+ hp chevy. The opinion stands.

 

[gambit]

Damm 10' FJ , How smooth is it?

The shifting? The stick itself is very solid in engagement even when it is stock, but I installed the TRD quick shift kit which is %100 superior and better. The 4.0L is a worthy descendant of the 22RE in terms of engineering and reliability. It is powerful and torque tuned for off-road driving, which I have not done yet as I just finished moving, but based on my seat-of-the-pants perception while driving across the US, the Cruiser is definitely more off-road oriented. I should have bought the FJ yrs ago but back then, I was under time constraints to have a vehicle so I bought the Grand Cherokee. If you want a true body-on-frame off-road non-Wrangler vehicle, the FJ is the best choice.

 

[Rajputana_]

body-on-frame off-road non-Wrangler vehicl

That made me chuckle, wth is a non wrangler offroader anyways .

Fj will always be a pretender, you just dont have to make it so obvious by inventing the term "non-wrangler"..chuckle again.

 

[padamchen]

You might as well sit on those hard yello n red painted cars at the mall in front of a video screen, with softy and popcorn, and hog ride after ride while other sullen kids and irate mummies stand waiting for their turn.

Pukespur.

 

[bananarepublic]

The shifting? The stick itself is very solid in engagement even when it is stock, but I installed the TRD quick shift kit which is %100 superior and better. The 4.0L is a worthy descendant of the 22RE in terms of engineering and reliability. It is powerful and torque tuned for off-road driving, which I have not done yet as I just finished moving, but based on my seat-of-the-pants perception while driving across the US, the Cruiser is definitely more off-road oriented. I should have bought the FJ yrs ago but back then, I was under time constraints to have a vehicle so I bought the Grand Cherokee. If you want a true body-on-frame off-road non-Wrangler vehicle, the FJ is the best choice.

You should see how an old FJ runs , the thing needs muscles to shift and the steering is horrendous.