Dunno, I'm betting that they will be phased out (at least in the US) over the next 5 years. OK, maybe a few niche cars will keep them, but I'm odd in that I want a manual even in an "ordinary" car. 4-door, sedan or ideally wagon. Yeah, the Focus will eventually be offered with manual, but only (apparently) in the base trim, and maybe in the "highly sporty" edition.

Of course, I hope that the point will be more or less moot in 15-20 years, when we'll be driving mostly electric cars