Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions

Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by kylec on Thursday November 17, 2016 @05:25AM (#12976141)

They are? Not in the US:

BMW 340i: Auto 4.8s, Manual 4.9s http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Vehicles/2017/3/340iS...

BMW M3: DCT 3.9s, Manual 4.1s http://www.bmwusa.com/Standard/Content/Vehicles/2017/M/M3Sed...

C&D review of the VW Golf R: "The manual loses to the automatic Golf R against the stopwatch. The 0.7-second deficit from zero to 60 mph, which takes 5.2 seconds, is almost fully attributable to the two shifts required to reach 60" http://www.caranddriver.com/volkswagen/golf-r#eztoc8578403_0...

I couldn't find a manual Mercedes on their website, Skoda isn't for sale here, and I couldn't find 0-60 numbers on VW's website so I quoted an automotive review instead.

The general consensus I've seen is that automatic transmission cars are faster than manual transmission cars 0-60.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by TylerE on Thursday November 17, 2016 @10:03AM (#12977978)

The Golf R isn't really a fair comparison as it's a dual clutch, not a traditional automatic, and more importantly, it gets a (quite aggressive) launch control while the manual doesn't.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by henrikschroder on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:49PM (#12980199)

My argument was that machines can do simple things better than humans, the Golf R automatic transmission is a machine that does shifting better than a human, and you are complaining that the comparison is unfair because the machine is too good at what it does?!?

Come on.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by TylerE on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:29PM (#12980616)

I'm just saying it's not apples and apples... the launch control helps the time a lot more than the DSG does.

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