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Originally Posted by mazeroni
86 - Average age 52.5 and 70% automatic.
BRZ - Average age 37.5 and 70% manual.
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To some extent though, isn't this manufacturer bias and not buyer choice? Only a very few of these are cars are ordered. Most are purchased from spec cars sent to the dealer without an order.
If Toyota chooses to manufacture more ATs than MTs, and Subaru does the opposite, then those looking for an MT are more likely to buy what is essentially the same car from Subaru because they are more likely to have an MT in stock.
There is also a percentage of people that don't care which one they get, its just one of many options. They go to Toyota thinking the want a manual, Toyota only as an AT but everything else is spot on, they take the AT.