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Originally Posted by MetroMPG

Still don't know what transmissions will be available in the US, where only around 6.5% of new cars have manual shift these days. You can understand why a company might say "why bother".

Altough manual transmissions are easier to perform maintenance, the CVT is more comfortable in heavy urban traffic, and in spite of the current usage of electronic controls its hardware is not so complicated at all. And, with some electronic tuning, it can be even possible to have an EOC functionality.