![]() 05/25/2018 at 11:08 • Filed to: None | ![]() | ![]() |
In the 5+ years of driving my Mazda5, today was the first time I saw another one with a manual transmission, or as my service advisor called it, a hand buzzer. They may be more common in other parts of the world, but in the US they’re more rare than hen’s teeth...
![]() 05/25/2018 at 11:20 |
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‘Hand buzzer’?
Just had a look on Autotrader U.K. for the Mazda5.
Out of 207 Mazda5s, five are autos.
No autos on Autotrader from 2011.
![]() 05/25/2018 at 12:35 |
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We only got the 2.5l petrol engine over here, with 95%+ of those being auto. Up north in Canuckistan they got the best of both worlds, with the 2.5 and lots of manuals, including availability in the TOTL Grand Touring trim; in the US you could only have the manual if you bought the bottom-level Sport trim, and I willingly gave up the toys to get that slick 6MT.
![]() 05/26/2018 at 07:57 |
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we never got that one here.