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humdizzle · 05-05-2015, 07:09 AM

I wonder why toyota sent all the magazine's manual cars to review and set times instead of the auto?

Here's a youtube vid: bolt ons auto vs stock manual. no launch. Im not sure how you can say acceleration is the same when every mag test of these cars has the manual destroying the auto in 0-60 and 1/4 mile. If the manual car in this vid had the same mods... goodnight.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qde3TcynFAI"]6 speed auto vs 6 speed manual FRS - YouTube[/ame]

quick google search of the auto box reviews:

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...tomatic-review

http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...ic_first_test/

http://jalopnik.com/so-how-do-we-lik...-brz-563872303

average manual shift time is 0.4 sec according to a road and track article, and with a no-lift-shift software it would be right there or better than the auto.

as for resale. take a look at the m3 market. the manual coupe cars go for more than the SMG (auto) convertibles (despite those options being more costly). By far a majority of people that want this car want a manual.

05-05-2015, 07:09 AM	#56
humdizzle Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2015 Drives: 2018 GT3 / 2015 M3 Location: Missouri Posts: 290 Thanks: 102 Thanked 316 Times in 119 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I wonder why toyota sent all the magazine's manual cars to review and set times instead of the auto? Here's a youtube vid: bolt ons auto vs stock manual. no launch. Im not sure how you can say acceleration is the same when every mag test of these cars has the manual destroying the auto in 0-60 and 1/4 mile. If the manual car in this vid had the same mods... goodnight. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qde3TcynFAI"]6 speed auto vs 6 speed manual FRS - YouTube[/ame] quick google search of the auto box reviews: http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...tomatic-review http://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/...ic_first_test/ http://jalopnik.com/so-how-do-we-lik...-brz-563872303 average manual shift time is 0.4 sec according to a road and track article, and with a no-lift-shift software it would be right there or better than the auto. as for resale. take a look at the m3 market. the manual coupe cars go for more than the SMG (auto) convertibles (despite those options being more costly). By far a majority of people that want this car want a manual.