Despite the rise of EVs and automated cars, many young people are choosing to drive stick shifts instead. Are young drivers bucking the trend towards automation? Is this a sign of a larger trend?
. And who’s buying these cars? Young drivers. A quarter of the buyers who opted for a manual MX-5 Miata are between the ages of 18 and 35, while half of manual Integra owners are between 18 and 46.
This is happening at a time when the previous advantages of buying a manual—lower price, better gas mileage and faster acceleration—have all but disappeared, according to the paper. Instead, it would seem that many young drivers are embracing stick shifts as a way of resisting the trend toward automation from both EVs and cars with internal-combustion engines.
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