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Originally Posted by KMK454
We all know a properly setup automated manual such as a DCT or an F1-style transmission will be quicker around a track than a true three-pedal manual transmission.
However, there are many people who will gladly lose to your DCT automatic by .5 to 2 seconds around a road course, and they won't care, because they'll be having too much fun driving their manual transmission car.
And in street driving, where there is no stopwatch and we are not driving our cars at maximum potential, that marginal performance advantage of a DCT/automatic is simply not worth the amount of connection the driver loses with the machine when forgoing a manual transmission.
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Don't mistake my point. At that price point for a sedan that is not a sports car, manual transmissions don't play. Even the Corvette which is sports car has GM's highest manual transmission penetration. Last I knew that was about 50%. A high performance sedan would likely have less than 10% and it might not be that high.
My point was my car has a DCT and is about as fast as the SS...............and it's not a sports car.
I appreciate your desire for a manual. It's just not likely to happen.......and as always, I hope I'm wrong and they surprise us.