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Originally Posted by 4.0i OHC
 How can you say that when it's only really Australia and the US that manuals are being abandoned? As well as this, could that be down to the limited choice we are given? No manual diesel Focus? NO MANUAL MONDEO!? Why do manuals command a higher resale (at least in Falcons, which have one of the best auto boxes around)? |
Because they were not the norm. These cars (large family sedans) are generally sold as an auto and a manual needs to be optioned.
In most other cars it's the opposite, and then the auto is worth more in resale.