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Originally Posted by mbSLRwannabe  i see you guys talking about manuals. an AMG tuned benz is supposed to be a luxury vehicle that is supposed to be comfortable/easy to drive, while performing at a high level. i dont see how a manual transmission would be anything related to luxury or comfort. there is no point of having a manual transmission when a good automatic gearbox could achieve equal or better numbers. why go through the hassle? for an example the automatic on the porsche 997 turbo actually outperforms it's manual counterpart by 3/10 of second from 0 - 60 . (3.4 with auto, 3.7 with manual) and plus most ferraris and lambos sold thesedays have the paddle shift automatic (or they call them e-gear/f1 paddle shift). there would be no point to have a manual AMG benz. the whole point of AMG is to perform at a high level without sacrificing the comfort. |
Driving an auto and manual is a totally different feeling, no matter how good and fast the auto's are, it's still not as involving, not as fun, there should had been an option for a manual. I know it's never going to happen, I've already accept that. I know every exotic is going to semi-auto's, but most of them still offer manuals.