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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Only way to vote is with your money on a new car... Porsche made a ballsy move with their new manual Carrera, I just hope most buyers are actually choosing that option!
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Yeah.. As a manufacturer of great sports cars it is nice to see Porsche offer a manual. But if sales on the manual will suck. Then it might be bye bye manual for the next gen..
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Originally Posted by TuxedoCartman
Mark my words: by the 2020 model year, there won't be but maybe one or two cars still in production with a third pedal, and even those probably wont be on sale in America.  |
Nah.. There will be many cars with a third pedal still being sold.
Why I think it wont be that bad in 2020.
1 st. Not all countries are like the US. Many places there are a MUCH higher number of manual drivers... About 2 out 3 cars used cars in Norway have manual transmission.
2. When looking at new cars with small engine displacement the savings between manual and automatic are close to nothing. In several cases the manual can have lower emissions. (BMW 116 and BRZ low spec are two examples I know of)
3. If automatic is more expensive than many people will still buy manual.
If people buy manuals, car manufacturers will offer...
4. As long as governments does not have extreme CO2 taxes, and automatic transmissions are not much better in terms of emissions. Manuals will live for a long time when combined with combustion engines..
5. Exampe why manuals will live. In Norway the GT86 with manual gets about 5000 USD more in taxes due to CO2 emissions. (Dealerships sell them for the same price)
The typical car is still sold with a manual.
But yeah. Manuals will be on their way out, slowly but surely.. When looking at performance cars it will probably happen faster than we like. But people vote with their money...