Quote Originally Posted by CBH View Post
3-pedal cars are nearly as rare as kilts in the US.

I spent crazy money (for me) on a new Cadillac CT5 V Blackwing a couple of years ago. It is the last brand new, V8 manual transmission sedan that will probably ever be sold in America. I knew I would forever regret not buying the last and greatest of all time. Its a wonderful car - best of all possible worlds.

Besides the Mustang and Toyota Supra, as well the Subbie/Toyota BRZ twins, and the Miata, that's about it. And all of those are sports cars, as it should be

Porsche doesn't even sell manuals on all its cars any more. And the mighty Corvette - to which I've aspired my entire life - ditched the manual in its most current generation. A little part of me died when that was announced ........
Of course, sometimes IS progress. To be fair, the death of 3rd petal clutch shifted cars is NOT because torque convertor automatic transmissions have gotten much better. What's replaced them for sport and sporty cars is the dual-clutch automated manual, which is truly a wonderful invention.

Sometimes, better DOES win out.