re manual shift bigots in article apr rtsg mot com kissane black john g kissane writes as a matter of interest does anyone know why autos are so popular in the us while here in europe they are rare just wondering primarily milage gas is much more expensive so people are very concerned about it taking a few more liters per kilometer this along with narrow old cities also results in smaller cars with smaller engines these engines usually don t have the torque to mesh well with an automatic so having engines that don t work well with autos and a great concern for milage the usual euro car has a manual note that not many big benzes come with manuals if you ve got the money for the car you ve got the money for the gas and the engine to drive through the slushbox as automatics become more efficient the bigotry is probably reduced still everyone knows how to drive a manual and cars are cheaper with one and it saves a little expensive fuel so there aren t compelling reasons to go automatic db
