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No, consider what Ford did, they had a manual designed for the 2.3, essentially an orphan configuration for just the Bronco. With the pricing and options forcing people away from the manual, it is like they don't want to go through the trouble of making it. if they were serious about offering a manual, they would have made it for the 2.7 across trim lines to start. Before people start quoting that BS from Ford about low take rates, the development costs would have been similar for the 2.7 AND they have a second vehicle with that engine and a transfer case, similar weight as well. A 2.7 manual set up for a Bronco might have relatively easily been carried into the F-150, where millions of units are sold every year. Low take rate or not, a half ton 4x4 with a manual transmission would have picked up extra sales, a lot of extra sales every year. A shit ton more than a manual 2.3 Bronco would have in a decade of production. Ford seems to have offered the manual as a gimmick, hoped to be done with it in a couple years of low sales, otherwise they would have mated it to the 2.7 and offered it in the F-150 as well. Ford isn't dumb, they chose to pass on those potential sales, maybe emissions are harder to pass with a manual on the 2.7, maybe the drivetrain after the transmission couldn't take the shock loads that a manual might cause (the auto is not going to drop a clutch at 2000 RPM...), there has to be a reason they picked the least cost effective, from an amortization aspect, engine for the manual. Whatever the reason(s), they still exist. Ford will not offer the manual with the V6.Do y’all think come 2022 we could possibly see the V6 becoming a manual instead of the automatic??
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