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Originally Posted by USAFS197
And on to the C8 issue, I'm utterly proud of GM for ditching the manual transmission in the C8, much the same as they made a concerted effort to ditch chrome everywhere. This car is a symbol of transition from the old methods to the new methods. It's hard to try to bring out a cutting edge vehicle if you're holding on to old technology just to appeal to a severely small market segment who enjoys rowing gears and being less efficient. I'm sure if sales reflected the need for it, they would have revised their entire monocoque to enable the usage of a manual transmission while still giving it the rigidity they were looking for. But why bother? The DCT is worlds beyond both torque converter based automatics and manual transmission options. Don't like it? Don't buy it. There's plenty of C7 and older generations you can purchase if you want to cling to the past.
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35% of C7s were sold with a manual in an era when the manual take rate on cars in North America in general is about 5%. It was NOT an old method. Stop believing that crap. GM f'd up big time here
Why do people continue to completely miss the point on manuals? You own one right? Seriously, WTF????