The death of the stick shift is almost here.

[P52Ranch]

Not only has Ferrari announced a "manual" option due to demand. (The manual costs something like $200k more and will be limited to 1500 cars.
But so has Koenigsegg

Both cars have a third pedal and both can be driven either as automatics or in manual mode. Both limit the manual gear selection to Six forward gears even though the transmission actually has 8 (Ferrari) or 9 (Koenigsegg) gears.

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[BlueFordBronco]

This thread needs photos!

Don't forget a manual can also be a theft deterrent...

Nice Elise! I had one for 15 years (an '05), just sold it in April. Have a Toyota FJ that I bought in Sept 2006, 6MT, about to sell it because I just got my '26 Badlands with 7MT (had to order it).

 

[BlueFordBronco]

Significant overlap. Both shrinking in overall numbers. How old do we think the average “grew up driving a stick” person is 65? 70?

Taught both of my boys to drive stick, their first cars were both manuals, they're 28 and 33 now, younger one driving a Toyota Tacoma 6MT now.

 

[HalfmuleFarmer]

Taught both of my boys to drive stick, their first cars were both manuals, they're 28 and 33 now, younger one driving a Toyota Tacoma 6MT now.

Right. They exist. It’s a bell curve. There’s also some 90 year-olds out there.

 

[VirginiaHeritage]

Gen Z is apparently doing their part to keep the manual alive for now. While a lot of Boomer enthusiasts are aging out of driving them, an enthusiastic minority of Gen Z is helping to take up the slack. There are numerous articles out there highlighting this. Some have suggested it is social-media driven and, in part, a rejection of automation in the age of AI.

 

[UncleBrad]

Gen Z is apparently doing their part to keep the manual alive for now. While a lot of Boomer enthusiasts are aging out of driving them, an enthusiastic minority of Gen Z is helping to take up the slack. There are numerous articles out there highlighting this. Some have suggested it is social-media driven and, in part, a rejection of automation in the age of AI.

That's a good point. YouTube is full of videos quoting studies where Gen Z are snapping up and driving older vehicles, and are already outpacing boomers in driving them.

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