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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's an American problem. In Europe nearly everyone knows how to drive manually.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it weren't for America, BMW and Mercedes wouldn't be selling a single manual transmission vehicle anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What manual Mercedes is for sale in the USA? I've never seen one, that could be a whole lot of fun!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Instead of laughing, perhaps you'd like to see how many manual transmission models are sold under those two brands in Europe. Now do the same for the US.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's because only the rich in Europe buy new cars, buying a new car is a very rare thing.

In addition to that BMW and Mercedes are known as luxury brands and by far not common in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're joking right? I'm in the UK and every bugger going has a Merc or a BMW.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Other than the UK I guess, and the business vans are usually sold as manual too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Totally made up claim, the average passenger car age is 12.2 years in the US, and 12 years in Europe. BMW market share is 2.4% in the U.S., 6.7% in Europe. Similar figures for Mercedes are 2.5% U.S. vs. 5% Europe.