3.6% bought manuals this year in Canada
A timely article on a Canadian news site today:
Quote:
The percentage of cars that offer a manual transmission in Canada has fallen to just 9 per cent, down from 35 per cent in 1980, according to IHS Automotive. You can’t call a stick shift “standard” any more, when an automatic is usually the only option. Just 3.6 per cent of new car buyers in Canada so far this year opted to shift their own gears.
The shift from manual: Why the demise of stick shift is accelerating - The Globe and Mail
Not surprisingly, more entry level cars have a manual trans than the national average though. (As well as sporty cars and luxury sports cars.)
And the Canadian numbers are probably similar to the U.S. ones. Maybe a bit more manual use here because we tend to buy more subcompacts than Americans.