7/10/2023 0 Comments Stick shift cars![]() CarMax has a chart showing that manual transmission sales went from 26.8% of total car sales in the US in 1995 down to a little over 2% by the end of 2020. So while the data suggests people aren’t necessarily against manual transmissions, few actually own or even know how to operate them. Half of them said they were interested in learning, though.Īnother survey by Cadillac had similar conclusions, saying 66% of American drivers know how to drive a manual and 55% have owned or leased one in their lifetimes. And yet, half of Gen Z and 42% of women didn’t know how to drive a manual. “Fun to drive” was the top characteristic respondents most associated with a manual transmission vehicle, the survey said. The survey said 63% of all respondents agree that learning how to drive a manual is an important life skill and a rite of passage. Mini knows this because it surveyed 1012 adults 18 and over from the general population and asked them what they thought of manual transmissions. And what is the most fun you can have in a Mini? Shifting a manual transmission. Are we all agreed on that? Ever since the first one rolled out the factory doors in Oxford, England, in 1959, the Mini Cooper has been providing fun times for drivers around the world.
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