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      10-20-2019, 01:23 PM   #1091
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The article is thin gruel and does not establish a business case.

Why does anyone today want a manual transmission? I suggest it is to select and control transmission gear.

If one accepts this premise, selection and control of transmission gear can be done using paddles or a console-mounted "shifter", with software that more closely replicates mechanical gear selection.

In my experience (BMW and Benz), paddles or console hand controllers do not provide for 100% selection and control of transmission gear. Conditions exist where gear desired is not offered or maintained, and manual mode shifting reverts back to "D" or automatic, because the carmaker's software decides manual mode is no longer needed. I hope that vehicles like Ferrari and Porsche offer something that more closely resembles manual gear selection in their paddle shift software logic.

GM has decided there is no business case for a manual transmission in the C8. The article linked in the OP does not present facts otherwise.
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