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... "It's not a statement against electric cars so much as I'm going to try to enjoy the type of driving that's the most fun to me until I can't anymore," says 26-year-old Lucas Marcouiller, an engineering salesman in Warwick, R.I., who has purchased three manual vehicles.

Mini recently added three new models to its lineup of stick shifts, with four more coming this month. Manual is now the only option on three of Mazda Motor
Corp.'s five versions of MX-5 Miata. Acura brought a manual option back to the Integra in June after discontinuing stick shifts in its lineup in 2015. The company is releasing a higher-performance Integra with no automatic option later this year.

"We are definitely doubling down," says Emile Korkor, who helps oversee U.S. sales for Acura. He says about a quarter of the 15,000 people who have bought 2023 Integras have requested manuals.

These cars entice younger consumers in the same way that vinyl records and point-and-shoot cameras do, manufacturers say. Over half of those who opted for manual Integras are between 18 and 46 years old, and about a quarter of those who bought manual Miatas in 2022 are between 18 and 35, the companies say. ...

@#2 ... I'm not even sure you can call a car with an electronic auto-rev matching throttle a manual just because it has a clutch. ...

I agree. It is hard to call that a manual.

I've been using a stick shift since the early 1980's. When I get a loaner car from the dealer for a day, I have to make a conscious effort not to press the non-existent clutch pedal.

@#6 ... But now it's so damn hard to find one ...

Yup.

@#18 ... Are there people who want a horse and buggy? ...

Amish.

@#24 ... It's not pleasant, it's not fun, ...

I find it enjoyable.

... it's just extra unnecessary drudgery added to the drudgery of driving. ...

I find it to be something enjoyable to take my mind off the drudgery of driving.

(and, yes, I think vinyl does sound better than CDs.)

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