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Originally Posted by Quentin
Fuck’s sake, why is everyone’s first thought a conspiracy theory? Sales numbers impact CAFE, the AT gets far better numbers on the EPA cycle, Toyota wants to get a particular ratio for that piece of the puzzle in their overall CAFE plan. There are more buyers out there for MT than AT, so it looks like they are building a big ratio of AT, but in actuality, the MTs are arriving sold and the ATs take a minute to find the buyer. FWIW, cars.com shows 38 AT and 26 MT nationwide. So that fits in perfectly with what I said above about MT not even getting listed due to being presold.
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Perhaps as a qualifier is indicative of a conspiracy theory?
I agree with your point that many manuals are arriving sold already. However, since recent sales numbers don't usually differentiate between manual and auto, there is no way to check the manufacturing numbers between the transmission choices.
Toyota likely doesn't give two craps about CAFE number differences between the auto and manual GR86...Toyora has their hybrids and plug-ins to offset any hit a low-volume sports car would bring.