AS A WHOLE, the auto industry has gotten really generic, numb, dumb, autonomous, disengaging, sanitized, boring, forgettable, gimmicky, etc, etc. If you love to drive, & you love connecting to the moment… it’s irritating to say the least.
BUT…. glass-half-full… I’ll be darn if there’s not some really good driver’s cars WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS that have been slipping into the lineups… one at a time. We’ve been hearing about ’em trickle in. But dang – step back for a second, and there’s now at least a dozen viable, potent, and (theoretically) affordable driver’s cars with manual transmission to choose from. The driver’s market is actually getting strong again!
In this podcast, we go through some of the new cars that we think deserve some credit & attention.