Quote:
Originally Posted by Gen6_1Le
If the Camaro 1LE was a model instead of a option there may be a reason for an automatic ,but where it is now there is no reason,especially in its price range . Chevy can't make a ZL1 or a Corvette ZR1 in manual only, they would lose probably 80% of there market because they don't know how to use a stick shiftl. Cars in that price have to have an automatic ,just look at how many more Ferraris and Lamborghinis are sold now over the manual years . Just because technology has caught up to the automatic trans it will never make it a better driving experience for the ones who actually want to be more involved in a huge part of the driving experience.
|
I don't believe it's people don't know how to use a stick shift, it's the fact it's easier and faster because the technology has caught up. It wasn't too long ago to have the fastest car on the strip or the track it had to be a manual. Street cars and race cars. Now all the high end machines on and off the track use a version of an automatic. There is nothing wrong with wanting a manual, in some cars it's all I'd own. But saying a car doesn't NEED one because it's simply not what you prefer is silly. They are in the business of making cars that they can sell and I guarantee if they made an auto 1LE it would sell very well.