Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How to Drive Stick Shifts

Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by macintux on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:23PM (#26184973)

“Most budget lines” (which I’m skeptical is accurate) is different from “broadly available”, but I suppose lacking any precise definitions of either phrase it’s not a useful argument.

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Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by falcolas on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:37PM (#26185162)

> which I’m skeptical is accurate

Feel free to look for yourself. They list it under "powertrain" in the specs pages.

> is different from “broadly available”,

FWIW, my definition boils down to: available from most manufacturers, in the major form factors (truck, SUV, sedan, compact, sport).

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Re:Each Decade That Passes, Fewer People Report Knowing How ... by macintux on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:42PM (#26185233)

Well, as one counter-example, because there's far too much data to dig out of the aether, as far as I can tell there are only two manufacturers selling manual pickups: Jeep and Toyota.

No Chevy, Dodge, GMC, Ford. That's just one huge gap.

Update: also, if you extend that to SUVs, one of the hottest markets, I think the only model you add is the Ford Bronco.

So there are no entry-level pickups or SUVs as manuals. For CUVs you could probably add Kia Soul and Mazda, but not much else.

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