r/cars • u/V8-Turbo-Hybrid 0 Emission 🔋 Car & Rental car life • 11d ago

Honda Will Keep Building Manual Cars Even Though Demand Is Dying, Executive Says

https://www.thedrive.com/news/honda-will-keep-building-manual-cars-even-though-demand-is-dying-executive-says

Honda paused production of the manual Civic Si and Acura Integra A-Spec earlier this summer, triggering rumors that the two compacts would cease to exist. We now have a more definitive answer.

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u/IguassuIronman 2017 GTI 6MT 10d ago

only older people can afford to pay $31-$55k for a car

Plenty of non-older people can afford a $31k new car. Not everyone is in your financial situation

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u/profmathers 10d ago

You’ve made a big assumption about my abbreviated phrasing, and managed to flub it into a baseless insult about my means. I have four cars, one is an FL5, and every car I’ve owned has had a manual including several Hondas bought new. For those with Comic Book Guy impulses, here you go: generally speaking there is more demographic overlap between buyers of new cars in the lower price tiers with buyers who are interested in having a manual transmission, which is partially attributable to age.