Manual-only cars

"BadMotorScooter" (badmotorscooter)
08/29/2019 at 17:25 • Filed to: None

It once was a requirement for a true performance car, now it’s a brave decision for a manufacturer to make a car that is manual-only. Considering the vast majority of people don’t know how to drive one, you’ve just excluded a big part of the market. On the other hand, manual only earns a lot of enthusiast credibility.

I think this is the list now (in the US):

Mustang GT350

Camaro 1LE (except ZL1 1LE for some reason)

Civic R/Si

911 GT3 Touring (991.2)* (no longer in production, 992 version not announced yet)

7 18 GT4/Spyder

WRX STI (STI only)*

What am I missing?

*updated

DISCUSSION (28)

MKULTRA1982(ConCrustyBrick) > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:29

My car

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:29

Ohhhh, manual ONLY. I was confused for a second. Subaru STI in the US (Not the WRX, just the STI) is manual only. 2019 Veloster N is manual only as well.

These are the only ones I can think of in the moment. And I think 2020 the Veloster N gets a non stick option.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/a27396787/dual-clutch-hyundai-veloster-n-spy-video/

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:30

Ford performance hatches...oh wait...now I'm sad

BadMotorScooter > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
08/29/2019 at 17:33

Yeah, that’s what made me think of this. The loss of FiST and FoST in the US. I’m surprised Civic Si is still manual only.

facw > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:34

I wouldn’t even call these manual-only cars, these are manual- only trim-levels.

And honestly, I’m surprised that even those exist, given how unpopular manuals are in the US, and the fact that all these cars have automatics which presumably could be installed.

BadMotorScooter > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
08/29/2019 at 17:34

STI - forgot that one. Veloster is off the list....

BadMotorScooter > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely
08/29/2019 at 17:36

I may have improper use of a hyphen in the title. Never was good at that. Should it be “Manual only-cars” or “Manual-only cars” or no hyphen at all?

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:40

I think Manual-only works. Tbh I was blaming my own illiteracy more than anything else.

It’s kind of a shame that the ZL1 gets an auto option , but it’s the right money move. C7 stick shift uptake was woeful compared to auto sales.

facw > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:40

I’d say

Manual-only cars

Manual-only-cars

Manual only cars

but definitely not

Manual only-cars

Note: I was not a good English student, so I imagine there is actually a “right” choice here, but it’s definitely not the last one (unless I’m really wrong).

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:41

Me to actually. But does Honda have a DCT they could use? A normal auto would suck

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:41

Morgan 3 wheeler!

BadMotorScooter > facw
08/29/2019 at 17:41

True, and by that definition there are no true manual-only cars. Could weakly argue the Porsche Spyder maybe but it is a modified Boxster. I guess the big dollar 911 Speedster is in that camp too.

Thomas Donohue > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:45

I believe the 718's will be offered with PDK in 2020, so that may be coming off the list.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:45

Manual only cars: My garage. 4 cars, all manual with two teens learning how to drive. RIP my clutches.

BadMotorScooter > Thomas Donohue
08/29/2019 at 17:53

Bummer, hope not but does make financial sense

Nick Has an Exocet > facw
08/29/2019 at 17:53

What about Manuel-only cars?

Kinja'd!!!

SiennaMan > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 17:54

The sad truth is we're likely to be doing a similar length list in 5 years of cars that offer a manual in the US..

BadMotorScooter > facw
08/29/2019 at 18:07

Now that I’m thinking about it, I bet the Viper was the last true manual-only car in the US. If you saw a Viper, it’s a manual, every year, every car. I can’t think of anything else more recent.

12and35 > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 18:12

Honda S2000

BadMotorScooter > 12and35
08/29/2019 at 18:17

True but no longer in production. These cars are the ones still being made and for sale in the US.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > SiennaMan
08/29/2019 at 18:37

That list is already only sli ghtly longer... With Hyundai and Jeep giving up manuals in the mid-low level vehicles (Pa triot, Renegade, Elantra, etc...)

SiennaMan > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
08/29/2019 at 18:55

Exactly, and they're part of a long sad trend that will accelerate as more companies roll out hybrids and pure electrics. Soon it will be only enthusiast aimed cars with a penchant for the past (like Morgan) who will offer them..

Decay buys too many beaters > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 19:25

Simple, Miatas

Thomas Donohue > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 19:28

I don’t have a problem with it as long as manual is an option.

12and35 > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 19:59

Derp. Now I can’t think of any one that hasn’t been mentioned....

subexpression > BadMotorScooter
08/29/2019 at 20:02

Do you want to count a Polaris Slingshot as a car? I think in most states it’s legally classified as an “autocycle” which has no universal definition but usually only requires a standard drivers license .

Sammyno55 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
08/29/2019 at 20:38

I learned to drive in a manual only household. Last year, I taught my son to drive a manual in the car he came home from the hospital in. It's not hard to avoid burning up a clutch.

BadMotorScooter > subexpression
08/29/2019 at 21:40

Yeah I guess so. That would include the Morgan and prob some other 3 wheelers. But they are more like a motorcycle mechanically than a car, I think.