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[QUOTE=strat61caster;2828636]Europe calls it 'standard', suppose it came over with the French connection y'all had. US has called it Manual Transmission forever.[/QUOTE]
Back before about 1940 ...... there was no conversation about what kind of transmission. Then from about 1940 to about 1950 only the rich folks had a choice......but, the automatic went with the more expensive cars.
About 1950, the common folk had a choice ...... "standard" or automatic transmission. That's about when I started to recall that people (in Ohio at least) started to refer to a manually shifted transmission as a "standard" shift transmission.
Now, I usually refer to most automobile transmissions as a 5 speed, 6 speed or auto.
humfrz
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