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Old 09-15-2013, 07:46 PM   #63
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Originally Posted by chulooz View Post
How can you say that when 80% of this cars sales have been in MT? The consumers have spoken.
Because Subaru/Toyota deliberately fit an automatic with inappropriate gear ratios. Fit a shorter final drive to a BTZ automatic to correct this and very few drivers would want a manual.

Also, the manual shift would be unpopular if a DCT were offered instead.

Manual shift cars are SLOW.
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