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Re:Bring Back the Stick Shift by rihegher on Sunday March 24, 2019 @01:50PM (#19477648)
In France shift stick are generally cheaper than automatic gear
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Re:Bring Back the Stick Shift by analog31 on Sunday March 24, 2019 @01:58PM (#19477686)
Same in US. The transmission in my little car was a line item on the price... automatic was US $600 more.

But the car companies barely even make money on small cars, and this particular product line (Toyota Scion) was discontinued.

If the market shrinks to the point where something is a specialty item, then the price difference can invert itself, which is what I think happened in the US.

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Re:Bring Back the Stick Shift by Finnucane on Sunday March 24, 2019 @02:00PM (#19477706)
It's still the case here, but for some models it's not an option.
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Re:Bring Back the Stick Shift by skywhopper on Sunday March 24, 2019 @05:25PM (#19478867)
Most models these days have no manual option in the US. And when it is an option it’s usually force-paired with the baseline trim or incompatible with a number of feature packages.
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