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"I loved the outside, loved the ride, was less than impressed with the interior, which seemed cheap compared to its foreign competitors, and bemoaned the fact that the manual transmission (and Lincoln was aiming this car at performance enthusiasts) was available only with the V-6 engine, not th...

"It comes with a manual transmission only, so you know it's for driving enthusiasts."

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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - -Police are looking for a carjacker who appears to have trouble driving a stick-shift vehicle, after the man stole a victim's car at gunpoint Wednesday night.

http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news ... K_J24.html

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Manual transmissions obsolete?

http://townhall-talk.edmunds.com/WebX?1 ... .ef124b3/0

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http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=manual+transmission

Google has a great news search function, the above link takes you directly to news articles that have the words 'manual transmission' in them.

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http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2003-01-13-autoshow_x.htm Third paragraph up from the bottom: The RX-8, already boasting the no-B-pillar design, marks the return of Mazda's flagship sports car. The six-speed manual transmission on this car, producing 247 horsepower, is the only way to properly e...

A few good articles from Edmunds.com: Where are all the Manual Transmissions? http://www.edmunds.com/ownership/driving/articles/42992/article.html Shifty Business: The Clutchless Manual Transmission http://www.edmunds.com/news/innovations/articles/46873/article.html Manual Transmission Basics http:/...

Peter Valdes-Dapena, a CNN/Money Staff Writer, talks about the former advantages of a manual over an automatic aren't really true any longer. Killing the stick-shift dinosaur: http://money.cnn.com/2002/12/17/pf/autos/shift_wars/index.htm Allen Wastler, Managing Editor of CNN/Money, still believes in...

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/030102/5/r5qv.html

EDMONTON, Alberta (Reuters) - Two would-be Canadian thieves learned the hard way on New Year's Day that knowing how to drive a car is a prerequisite for stealing one.