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Well, it looks like the day of paying extra for a standard transmission has arrived.

"A close-ratio six-speed manual transmission is the only "extra cost" option with an estimated price of $695."

http://www.motortrend.com/features/news ... 3_pontiac/

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Wonder if we have a convert here! "Then came time to start the car. Not many knew how. The manual transmission proved puzzling to some as they didn't know where the clutch was. " "Ruvalcaba's first road trip after his father teaches him how to drive a stick-shift will be to California...

"Problem with those two models, though, is that you can get only a manual transmission. That's fine if you're into speed and performance driving. But people who want the higher end models' performance and want the convenience of an automatic in such congested, hilly cities as Pittsburgh won't b...

New Romanian/Brazilian SUV Coming to North America Power is derived from an International Harvester 2.8-L turbodiesel 4-cylinder making 124-hp and 262 lb-ft of torque, combined with a 5-speed manual transmission. http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/index.spy?cmd=view&artid=12375 -Standardshifter

Pump Busters 2003

"In nearly all cases, cars with manual transmissions are more fuel-efficient. That formula is changing, though, with continuously variable automatics now seeing mass production"

http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/2003/03 ... 4feat.html

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'My car is another story. It is likely the car he will inherit, a midsized car with the dreaded MANUAL TRANSMISSION!!!!! "

http://greenvilleonline.com/news/2003/0 ... 285457.htm

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Improved engineering boosts automakers' use of fuel-saving CVTs "Automakers are turning to CVTs as one way to get more miles from a gallon of gasoline. Replacing a five-speed automatic or manual transmission with a CVT can yield a fuel economy gain of between 5 percent and 10 percent, according...

Family Life "When he does get in the car and starts to back out of the driveway, I hope he doesn't stall. Besides the fact that he learned to drive a manual-transmission car at the video arcade while playing one of those race-car games, he still stalls when a hill is involved. If he does stall,...

Back-seat Driver: Allegiance shifts -- Automatic sticks it to manual "For that reason and a host of others, the stick-shift vehicle is becoming an endangered species in lots across America. That is, "standard" is no longer the rule." http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/story/64546...

Tokyo woman to race in Africa rally

"I found driving more enjoyable after I started to use a stick shift," she said."

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20030407wo62.htm

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Audi TT 3.2 Quattro "One of the DSG's most remarkable attributes is that it eliminates a loss of pulling power during upshifts. That's because it uses two clutches attached to separate input shafts. The inner shaft drives first, third, and fifth gears, as well as reverse; the hollow outer shaft...

BMW's Hot New 5 Series "Performance being the hallmark of all BMWs, the company will make a six-speed manual transmission standard on all 5 Series cars--a first--with the 530i arriving this fall with a 225-hp, 3.0-liter engine, followed by the 184-hp 525i, and the very potent new 545i (with the...

GM to launch new V-6 in CTS "General Motors' new 3.6-liter, V-6 engine will make its debut in all 2004 Cadillac CTS models with automatic transmission, the automaker said on Thursday." "Manual transmission models will come with the CTS' current 3.2-liter V-6." http://www.autonews...

"I was 19 years old, 3,000 miles from home, and I'd never used a stick shift before."

http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0320/p22s03-hfes.html

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"Technically speaking, this DSG (for Direct-Shift Gearbox) is even more interesting. DSG has an electrohydraulic clutch for automanual operation. Like similar boxes from Ferrari and BMW, it has six forward speeds shifted manually via paddles on the steering wheel or by toggling the gear selecto...