Thread: 3.0 or 3.6 Outbacks

Yeah, apparently auto boxes are cheaper to make than manuals as well - based on a per numbers thing when you are only fitting one type of transmission not two or three. I saw some figures that the entire fleet of cars in NZ has less than 18% manuals now, and in three years time it's expected to be almost single figures. Having said that, the same writer put forward the opinion that EV's with manual transmissions are 'few and far between'. I don't know of one that exists - the driveline does not suit a clutch as the instant torque of electric eats the lining straight off!