How America lost its love for the stick shift

Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by briffle on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @10:17PM (#17965100)

They are rare in larger vehicles as well. Only Ram still makes a manual for their deisel heavy duty, and they detune the engine by 200 ft/lbs of torque. Automatics HD trucks do not disengage/spool down the turbo when shifting, which is important when you are pulling large loads up a hill.

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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by bacon_waffle on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @10:51PM (#17965253)

I think that depends on the market - here in New Zealand there are plenty options for vehicles with manual transmissions through the whole size range.

That said, we don't have many big pickup trucks like the US does - here it's much more common to see mid-duty trucks like the Isuzu Elf in that space.

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Re:How America lost its love for the stick shift by emodendroket on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:44AM (#17968639)

I think "large vehicles" means big rigs, not pickups, and in these auto is still rare.

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