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Originally Posted by Entroper

That's not really true for Miatas, though, and probably not true for the twins, either.

There was a lot of aggravation when the Launch Edition MX-5s became available for pre-order, because the manuals sold out in minutes while automatics remained available for weeks. The allocation was roughly 50/50, because Mazda used NC sales as a predictor, and NCs were roughly 50/50 manual/auto over its lifetime. But people interested in Launch Edition cars, and people interested in the first MY, aren't the same audience as people who bought NCs over the last 10 years.

There are exceptions. Even with the cars you mentioned though after the initial run on the first release the majority will go to Joe/Jill Average not the enthusiast.