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Originally Posted by NCThreePedals
They will not release the supra in a manual? No one ever wanted a automatic supra and I don't see that changing
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Problem is, no one wants a manual
anything these days, #SaveTheManuals movement notwithstanding.
It's simply not going to be cost-effective to build -- and before people bring up the I'd-pay-extra-for-a-manual argument, realize that you make up, at most, five percent of the potential market for a sports coupe in that price segment these days. That's one in 20 buyers, max.
Is a large car manufacturer going to invest in commissioning, R&D, testing, tooling, government certification, and so on to sell, at most, a few hundred extra cars per year? Ummm ... no.
Both Toyota and BMW make cars to sell them. They don't make cars to cater to fringe customers that represent a dying feature set (and that statement is coming from a former die-hard manual guy) for a myriad of very legitimate reasons.
Would I like to see a manual Supra? Of course. But I totally understand why it's not going to happen.