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It wasn't that long ago that it was near impossible to find an automatic transmission on most cars in Europe. When we took our new US-specs VW Passat over to Germany in 1995 the Germans were surprised that we'd want an automatic transmission on it. That is no longer the case, automatic transmissions have advanced so far that more and more supercars are using them.
Fight or deny it all you want, but the manual transmission is doomed like the 8-track tape. Technology is replacing it and I suspect it won't be too long before the vast majority of vehicles come equipped with automatic transmissions, even subcompacts such as our beloved Yaris. I hope to see paddle-shifters on it one day!  Cheers! M2
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