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Originally Posted by trippinbillies40
It comes down to take rate. Saying 75% of BRZs sold are manuals is conservative. The autos tend to sit around on lots quite a bit longer. Adding a bunch of track-oriented parts to a car that's already track oriented = not a big seller in automatics, so no sense in adding models that will just sit around.
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This has nothing to do with OEM planning though.
From a purely OEM design/manufacturing perspective, you look at engineering and cost constraints and move forward.
Tcoat already covered it on why the revised engine doesn't have an automatic transmission.