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Do you have a reference to back that claim that they sold more autos than manuals? |
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I don't know the actual numbers, but I don't believe it is as trivial as you make it seem. In addition to the cost of the parts themselves which are not that great, you have parts inventory, dealer car inventory, lower volumes of both transmissions (which increase unit costs of both). In addition, in a lower volume car, dealers play an important role because it costs them a lot of additional costs to carry both versions in inventory. Then you have the costs of dealer trades, etc. Then you have inventory balancing and selling last year's inventory at highly discounted prices.
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"Subaru said stick shift percentages can go as high as 50% on a BRZ, WRX and STI performance car, but as low as 10% on the more sedate Forester, Crosstrek or Impreza." |
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Tit for tat aside, I do enjoy driving the manual a lot. I really dislike it in traffic, but prefer it on the open road on the twisties. I do not like a manual on long trips on cruise control. So, as a compromise, I use the paddle shifters a lot and that gets me halfway there. |
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Oh okay so all those cars combined. The STI is manual only so that should bring that number way up. The WRX may not sell as well in MT but I suspect the BRZ is over 50%. Edit: I was mistaken. The STI also has an auto. So maybe those were not combined numbers. |
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I agree with you on all points! Which is why I don't use my BRZ for any of those things. I have an suv (auto) that I use for dd. I realize this isn't an option for some people, but the twins are horrible cars to have to travel, commute, or dd in.
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I have done it for 120,000 miles through all seasons and have zero complaints. I would despise having to DD a SUV since they are indeed horrible to drive under any conditions.
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Especially when the MT is based on everybody's long time favorite Aisin AZ6, while the AT is based on the unit from the Lexus IS-F. It's not like Toyota had to make both from scratch.
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It's looks a bit "pudgy" Reminds me of a 350/370z We'll see... |
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