These 9 Cars Were Manual Only, Until Recently

[Standardshifter]

"In enthusiast circles, the crop of purely manually shifted vehicles on sale today -- SRT Viper, Ford Focus ST, Honda Civic Si, and company -- is well-documented. There aren't many. But the yield would have been greater had the following nine cars* bucked up and held out against going automatic."

http://www.motortrend.com/features/mt_hot_list/1410_these_9_cars_were_manual_only_until_recently/viewall.html

[tankinbeans]

Necro-thread, just read. Why is 160 hp a demerit for the Cinquecento requiring a manual? It weighs less than a shoe.

[Rope-Pusher]

Necro-thread, just read. Why is 160 hp a demerit for the Cinquecento requiring a manual? It weighs less than a shoe.

Your shoe weighs 2,500 Lbs? And all this time, I thought you had a lead foot.

[Squint]

Necro-thread, just read. Why is 160 hp a demerit for the Cinquecento requiring a manual? It weighs less than a shoe.

Your shoe weighs 2,500 Lbs? And all this time, I thought you had a lead foot.

Y not both??

[Rope-Pusher]

Leaked Toyota S-FR specifications: manual transmission-only, 128 hp, $10,000*

Read more: http://autoweek.com/article/tokyo-motor ... z3oV1Q9nNa

[tankinbeans]

Needs a Xanax and a diuretic.

[potownrob]

i'll take 2

[theholycow]

Leaked Toyota S-FR specifications: manual transmission-only, 128 hp, $10,000*

Read more: http://autoweek.com/article/tokyo-motor ... z3oV1Q9nNa

RWD, manual, lightweight, low price, presumably good fuel economy...if only it didn't look like a clown car, a clown whore, AND a cop magnet. I bet insurance wouldn't be cheap either.

If the car was to be offered in the United States (and that’s a big if), we’d expect all those numbers to be a little higher: more power, a little more weight and a somewhat higher price tag.

...oh, nevermind.