Mercedes Benz

Americans apparently hate manuals, so we never received these stick shift cars. In the United States, the chances of hopping into a manual transmission car are extremely low. Only around 6.5% of new cars here are sold with a stick, and that number is dwindling fast. European countries such as the UK enjoy driving manual motors a bit more, but even they are starting to favor automatics. Since the take-rate for manuals is low in the states, most automakers decide to only offer automatic transmissions. This means there are plenty of cool manual models that we can't get, and we have chosen our five favorites. Alfa Romeo Giulia The Alfa Romeo Giulia is the most recent example to come to mind. When Alfa Romeo was marketing the new Giulia ahead of its official US release, it promised that the high-powered Quadrifoglio would use a six-speed manual transmission only. Instead, the US received an eight-speed automatic. And nothing else. There are many reasons why this could ...