Well a little bit of an exaggeration, but it's happening in the 'affordable family car' segment.
I've driven manual's all of my life, and I abhor automatics. I can't drive them as I don't feel safe without my control of the gears & clutch.
Now I'm relegated to buying either a 4 cylinder, which isn't such a bad thing, or something like a BMW. Anything which has a (now) decent amount of HP in it, 200+, is auto only. The Mazda 6 still has a manual option, but I imagine that will be gone in a couple of years!
So ... is anyone else in the same situation as me? Pickings are slim now, will be slimmer in the future. What will we do, do have to go German ... or downsize to an economy car ... or simply go nuts with a sports car!
