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Old 04-05-2022, 05:00 PM   #26 (permalink)
Isaac Zachary
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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
Doubtful. Americans will choose a more powerful hybrid with an automatic transmission over a small gas engine with a manual transmission.
True. Especially the ones that buy the new cars.

Although I wonder if the used car shortage may make people that would previously wait for cheap used cars to turn out on the market to instead save up for new cars. That would introduce a different car buyer segment to the car buying industry, one looking for the cheapest new cars out there, which may favor small manual transmission cars.

I guess I'm being hopeful.
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