Stick-shifts are vanishing from cars, but I still love them and hope they never go away completely — here are my favorites, ranked
But one can still option a manual on some performance cars and pickup trucks.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more storiesTime was when many vehicles offered a manual option, either because customers wanted performance, or because they wanted better fuel-economy — or because they just wanted a cheap option.
While one can still find manual transmissions on vehicles in Europe and South America, automatics are the rule in the US. Even some performance cars have dropped the manual options, most notably Ferrari. Most people no longer learn to drive on a stick-shift, and for the most part, automatics yield good fuel economy and can be had on inexpensive cars.
So the stick-shift is dying out. But one can still find it on a decent number of cars. And I hope it never goes away completely!1. The MINI John Cooper Works is a savage little beast of a car. I just love the thing, but it absolutely terrified me.It has a very crisp-shifting six-speed manual that's my all-time favorite.2. The MINI Cooper S Countryman ALL4 that I tested a while back is a performance version of MINI's anti-SUV.3.
6. Now we get into the more challenging sticks. The Ford Focus RS, now also discontinued, is an absolute track weapon.But its six-speed has a learning curve. The clutch is so firm and edgy that it's quite easy to stall the car, until you get a feel for it. On the plus side, shifts are incredibly brisk.7. The Civic Type R is in theory a similar kind of affordable track-rat mobile, but ...The six-speed is a little too loose and easy for my taste, and the clutch is spongy.8.
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