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Originally Posted by bruin1md
me too. I'm more blown away by how few Manuals being sold in GB and the rest of Europe, relative to DCT. wow
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I'm not - plenty of vocal europeans on here making fun of the self diagnosed enthusiast americans for 6mt only mindset. For those driving who grew up with MT as "normal" on every car, DCT offers something seemingly more special and unique (as well as performance). There is a mindset that an expensive or performance or luxury car will not have a manual transmission as that is for cost saving and therefore only suitable for the peasants. In the US - there is more of a mindset of inferiority (both in skill and enthusiasm) if you drive an auto. As a euro born expat who grew up driving MT and now living in socal, I'm still on the MT side as I've yet to have more fun on the street with an auto, even a great auto
Happy that US and Canada are keeping the percentages high enough that we should continue to get the MT option