Manual transmission
You shift gears yourself with a clutch pedal and stick. Increasingly rare.
A manual transmission puts shifting in your hands: a clutch pedal disconnects the engine while you move the stick through the gears. It offers total control and a mechanical connection many drivers find worth the effort.
Manuals are vanishing from new lineups, surviving mostly in sports cars and a few budget models. For enthusiasts that scarcity has turned the manual into a feature to seek out, and resale values on manual sports cars often reflect it.
From the data: Of the 51,884 trims in the Trimslate dataset, 13,072 have a manual transmission.
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