Topic: Manual take rate stats

[Solstice2006]

My non-car enthusiast friends thought I was CRAZY for buying a manual car. 

Depending on the car, sometimes a manual is a killer in that nukes your ability to resell.  Sometimes a manual is a big winner - Miata.

My mother in-law wasn't too happy when I got the 6 stick.  "How will my daughter drive it?" I told her she is still young, I can teach her lots of tricks! 

[Scarecrow]

Was just curious about the Mazda 3 & 6. 

Thanks for the offer.

Mazda3 = 23.2-25.5% (not sure why they separate the Mexican-built cars from the Japanese-built cars)
Mazda6 = 17.0%

[Solstice2006]

Was just curious about the Mazda 3 & 6. 

Thanks for the offer.

Mazda3 = 23.2-25.5% (not sure why they separate the Mexican-built cars from the Japanese-built cars)
Mazda6 = 17.0%

Think the Japanese are the Mazda3 GT, with the 2.5L. 

Pretty good take rate.  Mazda3 same as Impreza.  Sounds like the 6 has one of the highest manual take rates in the mid size sedan category.  I did my part!

[Railton]

I'm curious about the Focus, and Corolla.. I actually wonder why they bother with stickshift in the corolla

The manual take rate on the Ford Focus is 17.6% and on the Corolla is 1.1%.

What's the rate for Infiniti Q60 6M models?
Railton


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[OliverD]

My non-car enthusiast friends thought I was CRAZY for buying a manual car. 

Depending on the car, sometimes a manual is a killer in that nukes your ability to resell.  Sometimes a manual is a big winner - Miata.

Or some gens of M3. The most expensive E46 M3 - the SMG convertible - fetches the least money on the used market.

[Scarecrow]

What's the rate for Infiniti Q60 6M models?
Railton

Only 9.2% for the Q60.

[No H2O]

The PDK is REALLY good too though.

Not always, but most newer things perform better number-wise.

Personally, I have no use for anything automatic and the one I did own for a matter of months was a winter junker.

A 993 Tiptronic is substantially cheaper than a 6 speed.

And Porsche just made available a limited number of manuals.

[safristi]

My non-car enthusiast friends thought I was CRAZY for buying a manual car. 

Depending on the car, sometimes a manual is a killer in that nukes your ability to resell.  Sometimes a manual is a big winner - Miata.

My mother in-law wasn't too happy when I got the 6 stick.  "How will my daughter drive it?" I told her she is still young, I can teach her lots of tricks! 

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That MAY pay for a few monthlies...........................

[Weels]

My mother in-law wasn't too happy when I got the 6 stick. 

Neither was my wife with the MX-5.  Tough t!tty.   

[Blueprint]

According to Wards Automotive, these are the manual transmission "take rates" for model year 2015 in the U.S. (the most recent figures available), for the vehicles mentioned in this thread:

Ford Fiesta - 20.0%
Jaguar F-Type - nil
Mazda MX-5 - 49.0%
Porsche 911 - 46.3%
Scion FR-S - 41.6%
Subaru BRZ - 35.5%
Subaru Impreza - 25.0%
Forester - 2.0%
Subaru Legacy - nil
Subaru Outback - nil
Subaru WRX - 62.0%
Subaru XV Crosstrek - 3.0%
VW Golf - 27.9%
VW GTI - 22.6%
VW Passat - 14.2%

The highest take rate is for the Dodge Viper at 100.0%.

I don't know of any similar source for Canadian stats/sales breakdown.

Well there was no manual F-type for 2016 so that makes sense. The Porsche 911 number sounds very wrong though. Manuals are quite hard to find; some dealers don't stock them at all.

Great data, but don't forget guys that these are US numbers and that stick availability varies down there vs what we get!