why do manual transmission cars sell so poorly in the US compared to the rest of the world?
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Most people don’t learn it during drivers education, so one needs to find somebody to teach them or pay for an additional driver school; the cost of cars is lower than other countries relative to income, so it’s not such a big deal to spend a little more for an automatic; people are often eating, talking on phone, etc. while driving and it’s a distraction; manuals no longer offer speed or fuel economy benefits over automatics. Today, very few models even offer them, and when they do it’s often only on the lowest trim levels without other options/features car buyers want.
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