Not that I became totally unfavorable to manuals on any application, but it's hard to deny automatics became favored when it comes to maintenance schedules, as most of the routine procedures became simpler than replacing a clutch pack on a manual.
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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
... Because sporty.
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It might not be only due to this, even though surprisingly some older cars had a shorter gearing for sporty versions which actually rendered their top speed lower than some conventional versions. Seemed like a good excuse to increase the amount of gears in sportier models in order to retain a wider gear spread...
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As if having that much better control over your gears than an AT wasn't sporty enough.
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Nowadays the sequential manual mode is enough for most circumstances when a more spirited driving is considered either desirable or just funny.