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Oh dam. Come on people. Wife's outback has the CVT as only option and it's her car. I must say after driving a few CVT rental cars Subaru definitely has the best one with its chain type so it doesn't go like a bloody rubber band and changes better but still. If you buying a WRX why would you do that. Get the levorg as that more a touring option. Lazy people just don't use their left foot

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Couldn't imagine driving with a CVT. My old B4 RSK had an auto box and it ruined the car. Big reason I went for my STi was the 6 speed manual. Seems that manuals are a dying breed of late....

 

Wonder how many current gen STis have been sold? Can't remember the last time I saw another on the road (tbough a work colleague has one I see in the car park).

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Yep. Sadly the world is going auto and electric. Even tho us enthusiasts demand manuals and dinosaur-killing fuels, the amount of enthusiasts that can afford a new sti or manual wrx are getting less and less therefore one day its not going to be worth making manuals.

These days kids learning to drive dont learn manual as most cars are autos, there are tighter rules and more speed cameras/police meaning they cant have fun anymore and if you dont have fun when you get your license your not going to buy a fun car or be interested in them. Come on, you had fun when you got your license right? Sadly not as much anymore as society likes the idea of becoming more of a nanny state with more rules and governments ruling everyone lives (More police etc is good but as a bi-product, you create this issue) which prevent kids from becoming interested. Im young and all my mates that are into cars (very few) are going the off-road route because they think they cant have fun on the road... People are just getting less interested in petrol cars/fun cars and manuals in general. Sad but true. :( 

Dont worry. Still plenty of manuals being made and I dont think they will ditch manual ever on an Sti, I imagine the sti will do an evo and stop being made before that happens.

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some manuals still sell.

 

honda has sold almost all their first shipment of civic type r - manual only.

 

ditto ford with the focus rs.

 

poor old peugeot only sold 2 new 308 gti - manual only and a damn fine car - better to drive than a new golf gti.

mega depreciation, list $59k, you can pick up a minty low mileage 2016 for $39k ...  ouch

they shifted 23 auto gtd.

 

vw sold 45 golf gti mk7, 34 mk7.5, only 2 manuals.

 

the new hyundai i30n will be manual only.

 

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Sounds strange to me. When I picked up my new WRX just over a year ago, there were three other manuals being picked up by buyers on the same day. That was just one dealership and one shipment. On the other hand, every other new WRX I have seen on the road has been an auto.

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1 hour ago, KiwiJoe said:

Sounds strange to me. When I picked up my new WRX just over a year ago, there were three other manuals being picked up by buyers on the same day. That was just one dealership and one shipment. On the other hand, every other new WRX I have seen on the road has been an auto.

luck I guess coz this year only 4 manuals apparently... :( 

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