Part of it has to do with engine displacement.
A 1600cc engine with an automatic would be perceived as gutless by almost
anyone. But a 6000cc V8 has plenty of oommph, even with a slushbox. The
trend to huge HP numbers in heavier and heavier cars makes these automatics,
semi-automatics and paddle-shifts more palatable.
What alarms me is that some high performance cars no longer offer
traditional manual shifts even as an option. Paddles... meh.
But then, what am I worried about? I will never be able to afford these
exotics -- and by the time they have enough miles to drop into my price
range, all their electronics will be obsolete and unrepairable, and they'll
be "cash for clunkers" fodder. While I continue driving my MG into its
second half-century...
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 1/20/10 4:08 PM, wspohn4@aol.com at wspohn4@aol.com wrote:
> It somewhat dismays me that modern sports cars such as the Solstice are
> sold with more automatics than manual shift! For whatever reason, Miatas are
> the opposite way.
>
> Bill
>
>
> In a message dated 1/20/2010 3:59:39 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> ladaniels@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> It sat in the showroom for a very long time - I wondered who would want
> an automatic sports car but he was certain it would sell (probably to a
> woman who wanted the sports look without the actual "sports").
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