Cars with manual transmissions have been more common in Europe in general compared to the States. It’s only been very recently that people there are starting to move away from them. While yes manuals tend to be cheaper, their cost difference was much greater a few decades ago. Another thing is that manuals tend to be a bit more fuel efficient than typical automatics, but this has become less true recently with CVTs and automatics with more than 6 gears that can sometimes beat their fuel economy.
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