The corvette is approaching cheap supercar status, and paddle shifts are more efficient.

Frankly im surprised the option wasnt offered. Last run of the prior model 20% were stick, which is a huge percentage compared to industry wide averages. A big enough percentage that it seems like it would be worth catering to.

Oh well.

Yes i agree its more fun. I have a 2012 boring DD i searched long and hard for an example of the 2% of them that came in 5 speed. I found 3 in the country during that search that were currently for sale. I have not regretted that effort.

Look at it this way larry. The future is electric, or electric hybrid, where traditional transmissions even automatic, have no place. The future of driver control is self drive.

By the time manual gearbox vehicles truly dry up on the used market for purchase, most of us that love them will be long dead. Enjoy it now, our decendents will find the idea that you couldnt merge on the highway and set auto drive so you could nap completely bonkers

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Yeah JB, I am indeed enjoying it now, but it sure does limit my selection when shopping for a car and it’s been that way for a long time. I had a five speed 300E that it took me years to find. A few years ago I bought a low mileage, garaged SLK320 with a five speed. It took me several years to find it. As a result of not settling for an automatic, all my vehicles are old except my wife’s car. At my age it probably won’t reach a critical mass situation before I am dead and gone. They’ll have a nice manual waiting for me in heaven after that.

At some point I will be unable to pass a flight medical. A that point I will cash in the planes and find a stick shift super car of some sort, meaning it most likely won’t be new.