It's no secret that the manual transmission is going the way of the dodo. In 2021, less than 1% of cars sold in the U.S. were manual transmissions, and it's stayed around that percentage ever since.
According to KBB, the average new car price in December 2024 was $49,740 — that's a few hundred dollars shy of the all-time record, which was set in December 2022. Many buyers are resorting to ...