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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by mywittyname on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:56AM (#12979102)
Nitpick, but F1 cars do have clutches and they can be operated manually (and must be for starting). The big difference is the cars don't have a clutch pedal, but a pair of clutch buttons.

Now DCTs in road-going cars: undeniably automatics.

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