Posted Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 9:55pm
In the US, the overwhelming majority of new cars sold have automatic transmissions. In fact, it is reported that only 1.7% of new cars sold in the US are manuals, with an estimated 82% of American drivers being unable to drive stick-shift at all.
While in other parts of the world, manual transmissions are still common and even the norm, here in the US they’re all but gone.
