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Originally Posted by redpoint5
All cars used to be manual shifting, and automatic transmissions were a luxury feature.
Americans Humans are lazy (I have a Roomba and Neato), and not shifting a gearbox is easier than shifting one.
The manufacturers don't push autos, the consumers do.
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Exactly. If the manufacturer makes a pile of manual vehicles and they don't sell, they are going to cut back the following year. Rinse and repeat until the manual is dead.
They aren't catering to people who are fiscally conservative either. Most of us on this site buy only used cars because we can't/won't pay the price of a new car. Many economy cars are getting near $20k now, so what's a little more to fit it with an automatic, right? You're financing the darn thing for 7 years, so you'll hardly notice!