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Why America Stopped Making Stick Shifts

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I started this video wanting to know why stick shifts basically vanished from American dealerships. Then I found a story out of Seattle where three teenagers with a gun took a 70-year-old woman's keys and still couldn't drive away, because her Kia was a five-speed. Turns out that's not a one-off. It keeps happening, in Detroit, Chicago, Nashville. So I had to ask the obvious question: if a manual stops car thieves better than an alarm, why did America stop making them? The answer surprised me. Nobody killed the stick. The automatic beat it fair and square, and the way it lost is exactly what turned it into a lock. If you can still drive one, let me know in the comments where you learned. I'm curious how many of you stalled on a hill the first time.👇 📗Sources I used: Seattle carjacking (CBS News): https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/would-be-carjackers-foiled-in-seattle-couldnt-drive-stick Detroit carjacking video (The Drive): https://www.thedrive.com/news/41482/watch-carjackers-run-away-because-they-cant-drive-stick Chicago Gold Coast carjacking (NECN): https://necn.com/news/national-international/gold-coast-carjacking-thwarted-after-suspects-fail-to-operate-manual-transmission/3138403 Nashville carjackings and manual driving stats (CBS Miami): https://cbsnews.com/miami/news/carjackers-arrested-stick-shift Manual share of new car sales, EPA data (The Autopian): https://www.theautopian.com/manual-transmissions-now-make-up-less-than-1-of-new-car-sales/ When automatics became more efficient, EPA data (The Autopian): https://www.theautopian.com/heres-exactly-when-automatic-transmissions-became-more-efficient-than-manuals/ Gear counts, fuel economy rules, Porsche PDK: https://marcellus.in/story/the-end-of-the-manual-transmission-is-near-heres-why/ GM engineer on shift speed (KARE 11): https://kare11.com/article/news/nation-world/audi-kills-its-manual-cars-how-america-lost-its-love-for-stick-shift/89-591251455 Ferrari, Lamborghini and the shrinking list of manuals (The Truth About Cars): https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2016/11/manuals-are-almost-dead/?print=1 Fewer than 30 manual models, VW GTI (The Autopian): https://theautopian.com/fewer-than-30-manual-cars-survived-into-the-2025-model-year Manual Nissan Versa discontinued (Motor1): https://www.motor1.com/news/784165/manual-transmission-sales-2025/ Why carmakers drop manual versions (Cazoo): https://www.cazoo.co.uk/advice/cars/why-are-most-new-cars-automatic/

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