Where Did All the Manual Transmissions Go?! | WheelHouse
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- Every year it gets harder and harder to find a new car with a manual transmission, and that’s a problem for car nerds. Join Nolan as he explores the manual drought, what’s causing it, and what enthusiasts can do to stop it.
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USA: Where are all the manuals??
Rest of the Earth: What??
Man automatics are awesome. Not having to deal with clutches and shifts in shitty Canadian winters is an absolute win
Joe Qiao
Your opinion.
@@joeqiao1691 automatics are gay
Indonesia:punten
@@joeqiao1691 manual cars are proven to give you better control on snow
The reason no one is buying new manual cars is because all the old ones still work.
Better get one of those instead of the new ones, being electronic overkills. Lane assist and adaptive cruise control are the worst modern car assets I ever had to experience.
@@marcfuchs6938 I drive a 4 speed trans am
@@SoyBnz I guess an older model with a 4 speed? Good one, you are not being annoyed by those nasty assist systems.
@@marcfuchs6938 its an 82 so it is the first year they added computers. Really just for o2 sensors and stuff though
@@marcfuchs6938 i'm completely agree with you
The best anti-theft device for your car in the US is a manual transmission
People know how to drive them, they just don't
@@steve_the_vehicon632 from what I have heard, it looks like not many people know how to drive manual in the usa
@@steve_the_vehicon632 They know how to drive them, they just *can't*
they're too fat to reach the gear lever
Please don't kill me I made a joke. Thankyou
@@gigadonis8684 lol
😂 😂 😂 😂
"Back in my day, if you wanted to go fast, you got a manual! Both 'cause they were mechanically faster, and you could actually 'drive' the car! Not like these new-fangled dual-clutch 8-speeds you have today on cars that practically drive themselves! If you wanted to beat somebody, YOU had to match those revs, time those shifts, and bang through those gears - not a computer!
I said something like that for real once. Then I realized I had actually criticisized a newer, better technology BECAUSE it was newer and better and praised the old tech for its virtue of being less convenient and more of a hassle. And I prefer the obsolete tech over the undeniably superior new tech for no reason other than it's what the cool kids 'back in my day' used and I stubbornly believe what went on in the car culture when I was growing up is the absolute only right way to do it. I don't care if high performance autos and CVTs are objectively faster - sports cars need manuals.
Made me realize I'm getting old.
BACK IN MY DAY WE ONLY HAD 151 POKEMON, Fast and the Furious didn't have flying cars, and we drove manuals at our boy-racer meets DARNIT! And I wore an onion on my belt; which was the style at the time.
I feel they will not stop using manual anytime soon.
Old manual cars are mechanically simpler, and can be serviced and overhauled in third world countries with little difficulty. Newer technologies are still immature and complicated and thus less reliable with frequent sensor problems, and over-reliance on computers and complex technologies will have an adverse impact in supply and repair. With current events, people should notice these issues in time.
It is almost like right to repair is getting itself put out with the extreme complexity of favored products. If you wanted the right, you should use it frequently instead of getting lazy and unknowingly handing the right to someone else, because that would be too late. It is almost like the like of Chavez did not succeed because of this very reason.
The cost is lower, unless you live in Hong Kong. This is a big deal because most of the world is not enthusiastic about dumping extra expense into something, and most actually cannot afford the extra cost.
IMO the manual car is a great liberator of the people behind scooters, and the very reason that they were is their unique trait of economy and simplicity that is something difficult to replace. Even more so when against EVs in their current form, because just the lithium had to travel around the world multiple times, and only Japan among a few others can make Li batteries properly.
I believe there are more arguments in the realm of sensibility and practicality, but these are the ones I can think of now.
New atomatics are faster you can't shift faster than a computer no matter what your imagination says 😂
@@gtx-808 yes they shift faster... THEY, its not the driver, in the future we will probably have cars that can drive on their own properly unlke at the moment and have cars purely computer driven that drive around race tracks faster than a person could. but if youre not driving and you want to be in control... thats a bad thing.
would you rather watch a race where you always know guaranteed that a certain car will win because it started the race in first place and not a single place will be lost for anyone the entire race or a race of humans with flaws and you can become completely blindsided by what happens during the race?
being good at doing the work of shifting yoruself quickly and smoothly is incredibly rewarding, sure pressing down the gas and having the kickdown shift down is great fun but its not your skill. ive got a manual and an automatic they are both fun in their own way but the manual is more rewarding in the long run.
Chuffled I’m sure driving manual steering is more rewarding, as well as manual air conditioning, manual breathing and blinking too while your at it
@@rabidlorax1650 It is less rewarding because it is less challenging to fix when something breaks, and you had to wait a long time for that to happen in a manual.
Imagine trying to fix power loss at 4th gear in an automatic transmission
Heard a story years ago about an old lady in the US who drove a manual.A couple of youngsters tried to steal her car while she was unloading her shopping.They gave up because they had no idea how to drive.
Reminds me of that vid where some rich kid got a manual car, looked down at the foot well and went "we have two brake pedals???"
True though
Respect to the old lady for driving a manual
@@arminr.5174 Pretty funny video. I think he was playing dumb though. I have nothing to back my statement other than the fact that I might make a stupid video like that too lol.
Besides, I don't think most parents would get their child a stick if they know they can't drive one.
@@arminr.5174 Double brake pedals are for increased braking action 😎.
US: where did the Manuals go?
Rest of America, Europe, Afrika and Asia: We got em
Johnny Boy Not Canada...
Wish we could doe...
I gonna get mine from Japan to nz
@@justindesrosiers3145 he said rest of america, america being the continents
Afrika
Clash Robert Because Canada is just a big state of the US?
Manuals, like news papers, magazines, and am/fm radios are the kind of thing that will continually drop in popularity yet never entirely disappear because there will always be a small group of people who still prefer them
I bought a turbo diesel 4x4 with the stock radio cassette player still built in it from the exact day it was manufactured. I've decided to never replace it with a generic CD radio and it's made me get into cassettes as a hobby. So yeah, there's always gonna be a small niche group that prefers the older, simpler things than the majority.
@@sm0k3y56 it's been like 20 years since last time i hold a cassette in my hands.
Only in the US
91% of Americans still use AM/FM radio at least monthly.
@@eneco3965Japan, Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Canada, Australia. All countries where autos have eclipsed manuals.
I switched to a manual 4 years ago and have found myself speeding less, paying attention more, and having more fun driving to work, even if traffic does suck sometimes
Find a back road to your work and avoid the traffic jams on the highway.
The speeding thing is super true. Automatics are tuned for best fuel economy, all the time, which means they would keep shifting up the gears as you go downhill. In a stick you can just use one gear and the engine will manage its own speed.
I just allow about a 15-20 ft gap from the car in front of me and just slightly gas it in and let it roll. So traffic isn't too terrible to me.
@@Dabby724 Keep it in second gear and stay about 20 ft back from the vehicle in front of you.👍
Me, a European: *Automatics are a very rare sight here*
Looks like I know where I'm going after high school
Oh yeah us Americans are pretty lazy
Here in Brazil i see more manuals too, most of popular cars here are 80's, 90's, 2000 at 2010 and... old beetles, but, the CVT is coming to DOMINATE the market :-:
Indonesian : 52% Automatic 48% Manual.
Most auto drivers are Jakartan Petro-lover douchebags who just cause traffic everyday
Most manual drivers are those who live beside Jakarta
Lucky
Manual Transmission = modern anti-theft device.
Also anti-'can I borrow your truck this weekend?' device.
Good one!
Only in the US
Maybe for rookie.noob thieves, but I’m sure seasoned car thieves would know how to drive manual.
@@rosypink1206 Yes, but the amateurs FAR outnumber the pros. Any schmuck can drive a slushbox. The pros usually aren't interested in a plain-jane pickup truck or sedan with a stick.
You're playing odds. The truth of the matter is this: If a thief is motivated enough, he *WILL* take what's yours. If he can't accomplish that by stealth, he'll do it by caving in your skull with something heavy and blunt, or some similar brute force means. Fortunately, the ones THAT motivated are not nearly as numerous as the ones who will take a car because it looks easy.
Best defense against car thieves: drive something they're not interested in.
xaenon 👏🏾👏🏾 exactly! My nephew thought he was taking my car out for a joyride while I was out of town... but joke was on him when he looked down and saw three pedals and didn’t know what to do 😂
"at this rate manuals could be gone in 2 years" me watching the video 2 years later
Introducing the 23 Integra with a 6 speed. Not dead yet. Albeit in an outrageously priced car for what it is, but still.
Thank you, Subaru, for being one of the few keeping manuals alive in the US. 👍
Add vw to that list as well
not anymore lol
@@losrevolucionarios8858 you can still buy Subarus with factory manuals
@@realisimgaming very expensive though
@@losrevolucionarios8858 cheaper than their automatics
25 THOUSAND LIKES, THANK YOU ALL!!! The milk stream is going down this Wednesday at Noon Pacific time,; AND if we get 50K James will do it too! 😅
Oh damn, I'd pay to see that.
When did it went on fire holy shit man
I’m normally way too late to the party. 25k. Got milk.
hope ur thirsty!!!
Rekt in a few mins chug that milk boi
Fast and furious logic, 1000 gears
Djknight69 _ Saint Row cars had more gears
@@PoyimaMedia Yeah they kept shifting gears indefinitely if I remember correctly lol
@@PoyimaMedia Also Burnout Paradise cars XD
It’s Over 9000 !!!
Those mother*uckers always find a next gear they can shift into (Cinema Sins)
In 2021, there are 37 available manual transmission models.
Can you give a list pls?
🤔
@@danielladwein2570 I've posted a list twice and I can't see either of them. Just search for "2021 available manual transmission models." There are a lot of results.
I love my manual car. I am still learning to drive but I prefer the sense of command on the gear shifts over just convenience. Well manuals can get annoying in hellish levels of traffic, especially in India, but still, I feel like I'm actually doing some serious stuff.
Automatic cars feel like video games. There's absolutely nothing wrong with them but I just love the feeling of a manual.
being a european we have like 4 manual against 1 automatic
At the company we have a handful of automatics in the company fleet (mainly for international colleaques who can´t drive stick)
Often German colleaques com back from the parking lot when given keys to a fleet car because they have no clue how to operate the automatic car, and demand to get a "normal car" ;)
Which is changing rapidly. Many new cars (especially SUVs) have automatic as standard.
Not for long. Everyone's going electric over there.
As greeks we have 4 manuals and 1 auto because we do not have 1000+ euros to spare over the price of a new auto car. :)
Yeah, in Greece where people drive old cars, that's true, now come up to the Netherlands where I work, or any other central European country and you'll quickly see that a huge percentage of people drive automatics. It's come to the point that you cant buy a good car with a manual anymore, even BMW only offers its 190HP diesel with a manual, if you want a stronger engine, you have to go for an automatic. Which sucks cause now I made enough money to buy a new BMW and I'll be forced to buy a used one instead, in order to get what I want...
Car guys: complain about the lack of manual cars.
Company: *gives them manual cars*
Car guys: never mind I’ll buy an older car instead.
Franky Alvarez cause the old cars are great tbh
@@Doormatte but then why complain about wanting a new manual if you ain't buying it?
Cause they don't dam buy them...
I buy older cars cuz I can't afford a new car
Older cars is more high quality?
I am a European and ive had both manual and automatic... A manual is fun to drive when you are in the mountains for example, or just in the winding roads of the countryside... But just commuting daily... I miss my automatic, its just so relaxing not to do anything except braking and giving gas.
But like you said, electric or hybrid is all automatic... So eventually it will disappear from existing. Except maybe on the track.
E cars will never replace current gen. Mark my words.
I just like the versatility of a manual, you can creep in idle, you can rev match in various ways, you can downshift exactly when you want to, you don't have to wait for the reaction time of the engine computer to figure out what you're trying to do just from input from the gas pedal, you can coast, you don't have to hit the breaks when you're maneuvering forward and backward 🤷 you just have more control over the vehicle
Plus engine breaking.
@@gerardflynn7382
Engine braking is nice, but not recommended at all when driving around other people because the brake lights don't come on when you do it. Well maybe some modern manuals have sensors that make the brake lights come on, but all the manuals I've seen don't do that.
@@CaliPepperas a motorcyclists that's a big issue, but any good biker knows to gently step on the bike break when engine breaking to activate the lights. Not enough to actually do anything though just enough so people know you're slowing down
It would be cool if they re created older cars but like brand new, I would for sure buy that.
Impossible sadly due to safety regulations.
Jon Scott yeah, but like maybe older cars with some modern features
@@josealegria3615 they would have to be bigger. Much. Bigger. That's what turns me off to tbe idea. Cars are a lot larger now because of safety regulations. I really like small cars but they are slowly dissapearing.
Jon Scott yeah that’s true, there needs to be a lot more tech implemented into the cars so a lot of the more simplistic designs cannot be remade, but hey, maybe in the future! You never know what’s in store.
Love my tiny 2008 vw rabbit with a manual. Honestly dont think I'd want anything bigger that it though lol. Its tiny and super fun.
even the slowest car is made more fun by having a manual transmission
I drive a geo metro 3 cylinder with the manual trans . And yes soo much fun
I loooooove my Ford Fiesta from 2000 with 1,8 Diesel engine with less than 60 HP :)
toyota echo. luv her cus she shifts
@jonathannavaplata11 fuck yah! Same for the KIA Soul...I chirp without even trying - 1.6L motor and all .
I drove a 65 Mustang for years because it was such a fun car. Not only did it have a six cylinder engine and 3 speed manual, but it had manual steering, brakes, roll up windows and manual door locks.
Try and find a new car ike that today that's actually fun to drive.
I live in Malaysia, and we have hour long traffic jams just to commute to work, and back. And if it rains, those jams can easily take 2 hours or more. An automatic gear is a godsend in traffic jams. However, I also have a 4 wheel drive to go jungle bashing as a hobby, i.e., driving deep into the tropical jungle to camp and explore. Trust me, the simpler the 4 wheel drive with a strong manual gear is a must and a literal life-saver. And I used to have a small peppy manual gear car, which I would drive on long windy country roads. The joy and trill of barrelling down the road, hitting the perfect clutch change, and playing with the gears to extract the maximum power out of a small engine always brings a smile to my face!
The first vehicle I got was an 01' Taco with a 2.7L I4 and a 5 speed manual. Was definitely a little weird to get used to at first when my dad was teaching me but I got it down after having to drive it almost 3000 miles across the country where I'm living now. About a month after I got here, I lost the Taco to an electrical fault that caused a cabin fire. I am now driving an 01' Eclipse GT with a five speed manual as well, and if I can, I want every car I get after to have a manual transmission if possible. They are so much fun to drive, and couldn't agree more when you're saying that it's harder to be distracted by other things while driving, making it safer. And also when saying that the experience in a manual is just amazing, with the feeling of truly being connected with your vehicle and to the road you're driving on.
I’m an American and love manual. I drove it for 20 years straight. When I go to Italy every summer to visit family I always rent a car. When I go to the counter to rent it, the rental agent says, “sorry, we only have manuals to rent, taxi cabs are in the other terminal”
I just laugh and say, “yea, I prefer a manual”. Some agents are shocked when I drive away without stalling. I’m sad that manuals are disappearing in the US!!
You are an American unicorn. The sales figures for new cars and the car rental history of American tourists prove that Americans overwhelmingly do not drive manual transmission cars. Not to say that you're a bad thing, it's just that the reality of freedom says Americans have clearly spoken about what is desired in American society.
I’m from England but my dad worked at GM HQ in Detroit back in the 90’s for 3 years. A few of his friends that he made out there came over to England and were staring at my Dad in amazement because he could drive a manual. But a lot of high end cars over here now are automatic like Mercedes etc.
Manual is where the fun is ! Auto is basically for pussies. what do you even do in auto ? sit and sleep to radio ?
@@SoberSummy chill lmao, just a car
@@Akeirbuah Its more than a car.
''Where Did All the Manual Transmissions Go?''
Me,a Brazilian,looking at my dad MT Nissan Frontier: *interesting*
Hello bro
kkkkkk
The rest of the world are getting manuals because Americans are too lazy to shift gears 😂
Asian: " FU CK! HAHAHAHAHAHA! WHAT A RIDICULOUS QUESTION!"
Even Need for Speed series shelved Manual transmission, I remember it being in Most Wanted 2005 but missing in Hot Pursuit 2010.
It's in nfs heat
That's mainly just because most NFS games between Most Wanted/Carbon and Heat sucked and had very little effort put in
I personally love manual cars. I still have my 1997 Saturn Sc2 with a 5 speed manual. I don't think it distracts the driver either. To me, I don't even think about shifting, I just do it automatically. Just so used to it.
Gave it to me plzzzzz😢
Im from Germany, nearly everyone drives manual.
Everywhere outside of North America this is true. In the UK everyones learns manual and most people drive them unless they have lots of money and can afford a nice Mercedes.
Gravemind true and if u drive auto most people will take the piss
Im Finnish and almost every one I know drives automatic
Spain also is mainly manual
I'm also German and can't confirm that.
I'd say it's a good mix between automatic and manual.
In my opinion, an automatic car is more convenient as a daily driver but a manual car is WAY more fun to drive.
"Where Did All the Manual Transmissions Go?"
They sailed to Europe.
I fucking love that Europeans love their manuals. There is nothing like driving an old manual you love, but you won't be able to do that in 30 years if they stop making them.
Where did auto started from ??
@@SpongeBlaster I've had a drivers license for 22 years and I've never even tried an automatic before. Most driving instructors drive manual transmission cars, so pretty much everyone here is taught to drive manual. Automatic is slowly becoming more common here though - my next car will probably be an automatic - but it is still considered somewhat of a luxury. It's probably due to the high tax we have on cars. We pay a premium of 85-150% in taxes for a new car, so for instance a $25.000 car in the US, would cost around $55.000 here.
and asia
And to India
I love both manual and automatic. I have a automatic with lots of options for long and annoying travel on the highway, and the manual for smaller travel, weekends and because it is a 170 horse powers small and fast car, so kind of cool to drive in small roads the weekend.
And you can rev.
I'm an old arthritic 72 year old geezer who has never owned an automatic car. I despise them. I am a veteran long haul driver and will not drive a truck with autoshift for the same reason. They dumb down the industry. Now you got me started! I have CZcams videos on the joys of manual transmissions. North Americans are not interested. It takes practice and skill to drive them well, and most are just too lazy to learn, and I have found that some are not learnable. There I feel better! I have always factory ordered my new cars, but that may not be possible next year. I'm mad as heck. Maybe I'll swap an automatic for a 7 speed!
*Shifts into depression
😢
You're describing my situation.
yea that's what the d on the lever stands for
Me with an auto trans:
Alright I’m gonna drop this thing down into D… for depression
😂 lmao
The sad thing is that manuals used to be cheaper to buy, but as they are becoming more rare in the US, the autos are often cheaper now.
You guys just don't buy 'em, manufacturers need to make money too you know.
Both my parents drive automatic cars, but they both have built in manual modes. My mom’s car has a paddle shifter on the steering wheel, while my dad’s has a feature where you can move the stick to the left after putting it in drive and it acts as a pseudo-manual transmission with simpler controls (move it up to upshift, move it down to downshift, and the current gear is shown by the speedometer)
I remember going to driving school in a manual car and I loved it so much that I want my first car to be a manual. I really miss shifting gears. Nobody I’m close with have manuals. Those heretics.
What's the first car you learned to drive stick in? I wanna know. Also, if this video gets 25,000 likes in 24 hours I will drink a gallon of milk on a livestream!
2007 Shelby GT500
a 1993 VW Bug. best car ever
The Flintstone cars... they were made of sticks
1994 nissan pickup
2000 Saturn SL sedan haha! Car still runs to this day.
Chevy didn't advertise the SS. They can't expect people to buy something if NO ONE HEARS ABOUT IT. If you build it, they will come, but you gotta SPREAD THE WORD! Same goes for almost all the other automakers not advertising their fun, sporty, manual cars!
Ezekiel McClure I actually heard the first time today about this car...
They should have come up with a better name too. The first time I heard about it I though they were talking about the SS Camaro. SS is a package on a Chevy car, not a car.
I guess the G8 is not a Holden!
I hate when they left this car out.
@@onlybrokencars5238 i think its called the sport sedan or something but i see what you're saying its still ss
The lack of advertisement and the fact it is a bland GM doomed it.
So glad I got my SI. I had an automatic before and even though learning manual has been a pain in the ass, I still prefer it over auto.
Manual gives a feeling that you are really into it.
"None of them had a six speed... I cried for half an hour" This is what I love about this channel!
"It's kinda complicated and i'm not that smart"
In Europe most people have manual I think you were talking about only the US
same here in my country
there is lot new manual car, many ppl chose manual coz cheaper
You can barely find automatic in my country. IT is not fun and it’s not for people who enjoy driving.
Yup, rented a car in Spain only manuals were available good thing my first car was a manual car. I think like 95% of cars in Spain are manuals
Yea here in Slovenia if i see an automatic im like wooow
automatic gear is for disabled people.
2 years later, Austrians still learn to drive manual at the driving school.
Same here in the U.K.
Same here in europe
Same in India, if you learn to drive a manual here you lisfense also applies to all other transmission vehicle but if you get your.liscense on an automatic, you get a lisfense only for automatic.
I learned to drive in my dad's A4 (auto), then I learned how to use a shifter with our Mazda MX-5 (or Miata) Mk 1... it's so more fun to drive a manual!
Just bought a brand new 2019 Subaru impreza..... With a 5 speed
Aaaah YEEAAH
I just got a 2010 for my first car and I love it... Manual ftw
Hold my beer! I just bought a new vehicle and it has 18 speed😝
AWW YEAH!
5 step gearbox*
North America and Middle east: Where the manuals?
Rest of the world: Pardon?
Japan, Australia and China too have automatics...
@@evagupta6474 not in Japan. see here :
www.thezebra.com/insurance-news/2805/manual-vs-automatic/
what the fuck are you talking about, i live in the middle east, manuals are very common.
@@v84l42 rich arabian countries he means, shitholes for example where you live obviously manuals are more common
eva gupta Manuals are still extremely popular in Australia so your point doesn’t stand
I once had a 1972 Chevy Impala with automatic transmission. Well, I pulled that transmission and put a 4 speed manual in it. I LOVED it.
It may be better in terms of fuel economy and safety, but:
1) Its maintenance is expensive and it's not uncommon that a repair of just the hydrokinetic clutch costs more than buying an entire new car. It's also complicated, hard to repair on your own and has a lot of moving gears that are prone to damage.
2) Clutch allows you to ,,charge" the engine (which is a nice option if your battery died) and have full control over the torque, power output and all the other aspects. In automatic it's the gear setting that tells you how fast you can go on a specific torque, in manual you can decide for yourself. It can be quite important while e.g. overpassing.
3) My grandfather, a retired driving instructor, often gives me an entire lecture on how awful the automatic transmittion is - especially for parking in winter and going uphill. I think there is something to that - even though it's programmed or engineered in other way to be more efficient than human in this matter, a driver has no control over how it will all set in these situations.
4) On automatic it's not really easy (even even possible) to drift.
5) I could use the car with manual transmission to help some of my closest ones with their driving exam. Technically in Poland you can pass an exam on automatic gearbox, but then you'd only be allowed to drive cars in this class with only this transmittion, while manual gives you permittion to drive any car vehicle in a specific class you desire.
motorcycle bros over here like:
"hah 99% of bikes are still manual"
True dude cheers🥂🥂
@@powerstar1146 and better for it 😂
Its reversed, here in 3rd and 2nd world country 90% of the bikes are turning into scooters, only very little of manual bikes are around, so sad
@@Ariel24K waaaaat
They should always remain manual. Automatic transmission motorbikes are nothing but glorified scooters. Although the Silver Wing is somewhat impressive for a scooter.
The R on the gear shifter means Race mode. Change to this when on your 5th gear.
(Please don't.)
gerubax and the clutch is the brake ofcourse HAHAHA
And D is for Day mode, N is for night.
I tried it and stopped my car... While it was overturning
Please do...it’s hilarious 😆
That's an old joke. But on truck automatics (proper trucks, not pickups), D (drive) is for Don't give a fuck and M (manual select) is "more fun"
Manual transmissions are nice, but there's a reason automatics caught on. They're just way more convenient and comfortable for the majority of people. I currently have two cars, a 2006 Mazda 5 and a 1980 Datsun 280ZX as a project car. Both have automatic transmissions (4 speed in the Mazda and 3 in the Datsun). I daily drive the Mazda and really like how smoothly its automatic transmission shifts. I can barely feel the shift from 1st to 2nd, I can only hear the shift from 2nd to 3rd, and the final shift into 4th is completely unnoticeable unless I'm looking at what gear I'm in. It also accelerates pretty fast for a compact minivan (honestly it's closer to a hatchback than a minivan). The Datsun's 40 year old automatic though frankly sucks. The shifts are jerky, it accelerates slowly, and it can easily stall on inclines at low speed (honestly before I bought that car I didn't think automatics could stall). That's partly why I'm swapping a 5 speed manual into it, the other reasons being that manuals are just more fun to drive and I want the two extra gears.
I know these two cars are 20 years apart, from different manufacturers, and of different types, but I think they still paint a fairly decent picture of why automatics caught on so quickly after being around for such a long time. Older automatics simply didn't offer many advantages compared to their manual counterparts of the time, while often taking up more space, weighing more, and coming with less gears. Until the 90's and early 2000's, there was basically no reason to get an automatic over a manual. Nowadays though, automatics offer a much smoother ride, have improved vastly in both size and weight, and have an equal amount of or more gears than manuals. We're also seeing more and more cars with semi-automatic/semi-manual options on their automatic transmissions, allowing drivers to choose specific gears without worrying about the clutch, giving drivers the best of both worlds.
It wasn't laziness that killed manual transmissions, it was convenience, comfort, and advancing technology.
5:54 that line hits different..
Put a smile on my face
And yes when i head some where am defnetly shifting..
Manualtransmition all the way!
I get my license in less than a month, and I’m trying to get a 90s Miata, I’m so excited!!
Great choice 👌
@@dustojnikhummer that depends where you live. I live in California and my 1997 N/A miata has no rust.
Ah, I see you are a man of culture as well.
DO YOUR EMBEDDED HOMEWORK RUSHIL
You should get a 92 if you want a 1.6 car the 90 model has a small nose crankshaft and is prone for crank wobble i have a 95 my buddy has a 90 91 and 03 we had to put a big nose crank in the 91 the 90 will be next soon as we get it back from PA lol
never understood the problem of a manual in heavy traffic, was never a problem to me
Bill, you are correct sir. I grew up with 4 speeds and 3 on the trees. Now, when ever I drive a manual, I absolutely hate it after about 5 minutes. All these "it's so fun" people are full of shit if they ever drive in traffic or the city.
You're a bunch of soy boys. I only drive manual transmissions and my commute is 2.5 hours a day. Been doing this for 12 years no problem.
Ans L, You must ,live in the largest city in the world if your commute is 2.5 a day. That is a lot of city. Oh you probably mean you get on a highway, get into top gear and cruise. That is not what we are talking about, but your insult is stupid for a guy who wastes 12.5 hours a week driving to work.
@Bill Randall sounds like a lot of pointless gear changes going on if you're shifting several times a block while also implying stop-go traffic, you could probably not change gear at all!
If your clutch is super-heavy I guess it could get tiring though I've yet to find one all that bad in any car or truck, otherwise what is it that you find hard? If you're used to it you don't even notice you are shifting, it just happens, your hands and feet know what to do.
@@jamie49868 I do drive in traffics, and yeah, it sucks. But I still love it, probably I get used to it.
Whoever makes an electric car with a simulated stickshift that feels like the real thing will be the best car company for enthusiasts. But the shift has to be on point and not everyone going to look the feel cause they know it isn't the real thing, but you can feel it.
Opel are planning to do it with their new manta.
lololol that sarcastic self depricating string of those particular elements thrown together in a row like that in the opening statement of this video is just perfect simply excellent i love it haha xD
When I was married my husband talked me into getting an automatic transmission car. After our divorce the first thing I did was buy a manual transmission Subaru.
@Keith White Nope, I was a systems analyst and had a great job. That was 2002 and I'm still driving that car as my winter car.
Kim X ex sounds super gay...I’ve converted 3 past girlfriends into manual drivers...and the ones I haven’t converted... already drove em
Ellotherem8 you must be Kim’s ex... happy to have you here...sorry you can’t drive stick and talked your wife into getting a wack car
@@tjlovesrachel nah you sound pretty gay bud
FuryNotFurry loll another ❄️ melting when they weren’t even being talked to ... welcome to the party pal... how can I offend you today?
"Where Did All the Manual Transmissions Go?!" To Europe.
Fuck manual
@@User-ge7ni 😂
@@User-ge7ni enjoy paying for more fuel
It never left :D
@Becker Elaywan nope he meant he fucks himself manually
Most of my cars over the last 55 years have been manuals. I currently have a '16 Cadillac ATS Premium (top trim) with a six-spd manual. It's quite rare. I found three with this trim on AutoTrader four years ago in the whole country. One was in Houston, and one was on Long Island. I flew to Memphis from Detroit to get the one I have and drove it 700 miles back home. What a great car! My wife thinks I'm crazy. I'm a mechanical engineer (specialized in internal combustion engines), and I'm a big BEV advocate. This may be the last manual shift I have since, as mentioned in the video, EVs have torque curves that make transmissions unnecessary. That's okay. It's been a wonderful ride.
It took me a month or two to learn, but I finally started using manual properly.
I just like how manual is normal in the world but if an American drives a manual suddenly they are seen as special
This is an American video, good.
@Fast Car well, no.
Well it's the opposite in India 🤣🤣
@Fast Car i hope your joking tbh, if you truly believe trumps plan is anything other than MIGA
@Fast Car no m8 no
You little bitches put your nose in everything
Why dont you put your nose in Russia?
You are the dumbest people in the world
The only con of my manual is pushing in the clutch after leg day at the gym 😥.
lol 😂 i know how it feels
Init 😂😂
Ya boi Juan 😂
haha yes, but two days after i love my manual again
hahaha im feeling it after a 4 hr hike
I scored a 2018 Tacoma in manual. I love it.
I learned on my fathers terribly touchy Honda Elantra. I taught my friends how to drive a manual in the parking lot of an abandoned shopping center. I drove that car when i was growing up, took it to work, everything. I got a zippy 2014 Ford Focus that is just PERFECT for suburbs/city where I live.
My parents got a house about 4 hours away, beautifully drive through the cascade mountain passes. While I don’t miss driving that Elantra most of the time in my day to day, there’s a magic to it that made me crave a manual for those times. If I ever get the income for another car, it’s gonna be stick.
Another advantage of the Manual is most car thief's cant drive them..
Is that true in the US?
Yes
@@JustA.Person Sorta true in Canada as well.
If they're professional car thieves, that won't save your car. However if some teens see your car unlocked and try to take it for a joyride, yes.
@@KingAdrock420 I think you missed where he wrote "most".
America: "Driving with a stick in heavy traffic sucks!"
Philippines: "Hold my Balut"
It's true though. Being in traffic is a nightmare in my manual. After a while you get a sore left leg from constantly pushing the clutch.
In an automatic you can just sit back and relax.
@@AxeActly I agree. Manual sucks in heavy trafic. Unfortunately I always had manuals, but I love to drive my dads car with automatic.
Hold my balut and emperador beer
India smiles and waves
@@AxeActly What is your left leg made of? Seriously when not moving the car is in netural and you can rest your leg and when needed you use your left leg to move the car its not hard.
Thankfully here in Europe we still have manuals. In fact they are more popular than automatics, automatics are only popular in luxury brands or SUVs. But manuals are by far more popular in smaller cars.
I made sure my first car was a manual. It's a 2010 Mazda 3 and I love it.
Same for me
Mine is a 2012 Mitsubishi lancer 😎
Got it like a month ago here in the usa
Is this some American joke that I'm too European to understand?
No, American cars just don't come with a manual trans anymore. No one wants to learn how to drive them. I'm glad for it honestly.
@@cameronjournal in Germany you get laughed at if you can't drive a manual. And if you get your license in an automatic car then you aren't allowed to drive a manual
@@GameCyborgCh the same in France
@@neofil69 Not any different here in the Netherlands, but automatics are getting more popular.
In the end it doesn't matter anyways since we're going electric quite fast right now.
People in Latin America ( if you view America, as the continent that it is) drive manual trans.
Manual transmissions: "I don't wanna go mr stark".
Oh.... why....
Manual....CHILL, my son, you go off to a better place where gears never feel backlash, NEVER ever have to worry about miss-shifts
Iron man jr sucks
The CVT idea has been used in snowmobiles for ages. The design isn't exactly the same as in cars but it's the same idea.
also Atvs and some new tractors
There are diffrent types of CVT - the one shown here and described by you (the centrifugal transmittion) is mostly used for scooters. The one used in cars is based on two-shaft planetary gearbox (one for power and the second for torque) and hydrokinetic clutch regulating the speed of both.
It's a rare thing to see an automatic car
Here 😂
Recently at 22yo I bought my 2007 Mazdaspeed 3 without ever driving a manual before. I knew logically what to do, but never had done it before. First couple months were rough, but now 6 months in I will never go back to an automatic for a personal car. Freaking love it!
Andrew DeVries yikes first month was rough? haha I would say the first day or maybe few days was rough
@@tarzan6405 ha.
Did the same thing but it was a tacoma 9 yrs ago. By a year in its second nature. Dont even think about it now
Samesies. I bought my first manual vehicle in my early 20's and learned by myself to drive it. It was definitely rough for months.
There's a lot of nuance to manual transmissions and without anyone driving with you who understands the mistakes your making it takes quite a while to sort them out.
Did the same thing w my e46, my brothers friend gave me a couple lessons before i drove down to Virginia from Chicago to buy it. Best way to learn is behind the wheel, and stalling out three times in a four way intersection will definitely make you learn fast. Two years later and it’s still one of the best decisions I’ve ever made
It's like they shifted away
'Murica
Dropped a gear and disappeared
@@Omar-em7rl Why the US blaming?
@@lucianocasanova8924 Because the US market is literally the only one to have these stick shifts disappearing dum dum, Europe still is maintaining their presence due to the strong car culture they still have going on.
@@lucianocasanova8924 i hope you don't live in the USA or that was an extremely dumb comment, no one drives stick here, everyone is just too lazy to, it's not a status symbol either, you're seen as a peasant, all my vehicles are stick, i hate everything about Auto's, the list is long as to why.
still driving my old Opel Corsa manual and proud of it.
Just bought a 2023 Subaru Crosstrek with a stick. Love it.
First world problems, in ten years it will be "where is the steering wheel!"
Ramon Alan
Now is a greta time to stand up and pitch a bitch. Or to make a complaint, that is, if you are a politically correct moron.
*bmw next 100 growls nearby*
I know you meant this as a joke, but you're probably right. With the progress techs are making on self driving cars nowadays give or take another 20 years we'll probably be watching a video like this one saying about how people are complaining about the lack of cars that don't drive themselves. Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if soon electric cars became the norm here in America. What does make me happy though is that I know manuals aren't ever going to go completely out of fashion, I'm not heavily into the tune market myself, but any car that has been through my auto shop and has had aftermarket work done on it has been a manual.
@@reokado4783 I think what will happen will be the urban centers will be dominated by electric cars. There is nothing better in congested urban centers than electric cars. The suburban areas will have a mixture of diesel, petrol, and electric. The rural areas will be dominated by true 4x4 that run on diesel, natural gas, or petrol, because they will need the extra range, and rural electrical grids are not very reliable at times. As for hybrids, their days are coming to a close soon. As batteries improve there will be no need for them in the urban centers, suburbs, and they are currently worthless in the rural areas half the year anyway.
Not if they don't fix those cars from running over people walking or motorcycles :P
If I drive and automatic I always stomp the invisible clutch.
I sometimes find myself hitting the brake pedal with both feet. Awkward... Especially when my passengers are about to fly through the windshield.
@@neuideas I've been there... some cars have a very wide (unnecessarily wide) brake pedal, so when I go in an automatic car I always test my reflex of hitting the clutch to see if I might hit the brake pedal with the left foot.
I just got my first stick shift car about a month ago. Twice now after dropping it off at storage and getting in my daily auto I have found myself half hitting the brake with my left foot as I put it into drive.
Mate, i do that as well. Problem is the car has a footbrake.... Hoo boy
Ye I smash the brake and attempt to find the gear on the shifter thing.
2 years have gone by and we still have manuals thank Jesus 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Jesus drives stick?
Or is it nails?
Here in Germany, cars with an automatic transmission cost about 1 to 2 thousand Euros more. That's one of the biggest reasons why many people here buy and drive manual cars. I drive an automatic transmission since this year and i have to say that driving is so much mor relaxing, especially in rush hour with much stop and go.
Big ups to Honda keeping the Si exclusively manual!
And offering the Accord with a 2.0T 6MT
I used to have an Si. The ladies loved seeing a guy in a fast car shifting.
Well, Honda's are always as awesome as can be, so I'm not surprised!
It's the opposite in Europe.
Americans: Hay a manual car!
EU: Hay a automatic car!
Hey
@@MoeGreensRightEye Hey
Hey* dumbass
an automatic*
*an
I have an old 190E with manual. People called me weird because i did not choose the automatic... With 5 speed manual i have shorter gear ratio but still lower RPM on the highway compared to the 4 speed auto. Has only ABS and no other driving assistance or whatever. Fun to drive.
Currently in the year 2023...Pagani coming back with the new Uthopia with a Pure V12 and a manual transmission puts a smile on my face.
To be fair, Chevy didn’t really advertise the Chevy ss. They only sold it in the first place as a deal to close the Australian Holden plant. They didn’t care about sales and would sell a lot more if they promoted it.
They should have called it the Impala SS 💁♂️
@@Donut
Since the chevy ss is different car from the impala. I think they should have given it a iconic name like Chevelle ss.
@@Donut or do what GM did to the middle east by selling the aussie made commodores and stateman as chevy lumina and caprice. Both of which had an SS trim level with V8's.
I'm from slovenia and here are maybe only 10% of cars automatic. I'm 35 and drove an automatic for the first time last year. Manual heaven is in europe :)
And that 10% don't want to mention owning an automatic in fear of ridicule XD
True! haha
AAnd even between those 10% are probably 2/3 not pure automatic but robotized manual gearbox (DSG)
@@altergreenhorn true,true
Exacly
2:24 There was a great one in 2014, it was the C63 AMG 4 door 507 edition. It is a very cool car, my buddies dad has one. It has a five speed though, if I am correct. He went ocean fishing about a month ago and he was doing burnouts down B.C. roads with 250 pounds of salmon on the back. It is a very cool car.
I've drove both and every time i drove an automatic I really missed some control. Especially at low speed the car didn't always do what I wanted it to do. To be fair those automatics where pretty old so today they might be way better.
the manual gives you the feeling that you control the car and you are one with it...maybe some times, especially in the traffic its pain in the ass but at the end of day we love driving it
I work in the oil and gas & the mines in Australia, Auto's are just about banned and 99.99% have to be manual.
Also here we have a saying, If you can't drive a manual, you can't drive.
Same in Serbia, most cars are manual, but why "almost banned", what's the problem?
Shooooot, nd I thought I was the only one who thought of that saying that if u can't drive manual u can't drive worth crap
That saying is all over the world even in SA
Are you joking, everyone has an auto here. Ppl are rly surprised when they see that I have a manual falcon
Probably not a authentic driver
Opel, a german company announced the Opel Manta. It is a full electric car with manual transmission. I’m already hyped.
My first car was a 1987 Ford Escort EXP Sport that had the 5-speed manual transmission. I miss that car.
"Lazyness","Too hard to learn" and "too much focus on just acceleration" killed them.
Imagine having to drop to 2 gear every five seconds
Dude im 13 and i know its not perfectly legal but even i can drive manual. It's not hard. They are just lazy as hell
@@istvanilosvai2962 automatic is the future
@@User-ge7ni naaaaah. At least not in europe i think. And at least not for me. I don't like automatic but thats my opinion.
@@istvanilosvai2962 it is doesn’t matter if u don’t like it all cars in the future will be automatic
We’re a culture that waits for an elevator to go to the second floor opposed to take the stairs. We pay to have someone park our car opposed to walk a couple hundred feet. We leave carts in the middle of parking lots opposed to return them. We don’t rack our weights at the gym. We litter out of convenience alone. Generalizations, sure, but look around. The manual doesn’t stand a chance in the modern US.
Sad but true
Well said
I went through your whole list and I don’t do none of those things, and I drive a manual. So you might be right
No? This is shit old people do. Most people don't do this. Piss off with your low iq generalizations
Your comment is telling the sad truth.
Dude i live in Turkey and everyone drives very old manual cars and;
I love it.
fiats,bmws,mercedes,beetles and more
Learned manual on a chevy Colorado. It wasn't fast but it was fun! I wish the wolfsburg golf I got was a manual, it's just an auto with paddle shifters :(
In Europe there is an opinion that automatic transmissions are for people that are really bad at driving so they buy a car where you only have to press gas and brake
which is basically true lol
Bad at driving and lazy
It is no opiniion, it is the truth
And people do not trust them as the manual ones.
And unlike the US, Europe doesn’t have 80% of its population living in large population-dense cities with constant traffic. If most people had to drive a manual through NYC or LA for a few weeks, they’d see exactly why Americans drive automatics.
Manual transmissions are truly becoming a security feature.🤣
4 star diesel 🤷🏻♂️you're not wrong
That’s a fact 😂
Unfortunately it's not when I got my truck and they asked about any security futures I told them that It has a Manual transmission but apparently it doesn't count.
Millenial anti-theft device 🤣🤣🤣
a bit of country life maybe not now but eventually in the future
So surreal to see automatics raining supreme, here in SA most people drive manual cars, I was even shocked to see a automatic merc that my aunt bought felt like the 1st time I've seen one lol.
I learned manual on a 1979 Diesel Volkswagen Rabbit and now drive a manual Hyundai Accent- nothing fancy but it’s fun! I’m sad to see there are limited new manual options on the market for us stick shift lovers 💔