I was told the North American market was supplied with automatic transmissions pretty much exclusively, but it is more common to have a manual transmission in Europe (my bil is a mechanic in Europe and he is amazed a diesel is coupled with an auto transmission). Any chance the car is European? Is the guage in km or miles?

I also would prefer a 5spd in my 300td, and I was told it can be done. But that is as far as I have explored the matter.

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Natalie