why do manual transmission cars sell so poorly in the US compared to the rest of the world?
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European cars have historically been underpowered compared to American cars due to higher gas prices in Europe vs US. Until recently, automatics have been mostly limited to 3 gears due to their planetary design while manuel transmissions don’t have this limitation and typically have 5 or more gears. More gears means that the car can have both a lower 1st gear and a higher final gear so you can accelerate faster with a smaller motor and still maintain good mileage at freeway speeds.
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