@Vcent "The vast majority of European market cars are sold with manual transmissions"
That *used* to be true; I still remember the times when the ballpark figures were summarized as "USA is 90% automatic, Germany 90% manual". Nowadays, after automatic gearboxes *really* became more fuel-saving than the average driver, half of the new cars sold and one third of those currently registered in Germany are automatic. Still a costly extra, though.
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@Vcent "The vast majority of European market cars are sold with manual transmissions"
That *used* to be true; I still remember the times when the ballpark figures were summarized as "USA is 90% automatic, Germany 90% manual". Nowadays, after automatic gearboxes *really* became more fuel-saving than the average driver, half of the new cars sold and one third of those currently registered in Germany are automatic. Still a costly extra, though.