The world is upside down

[csl177]

Reality check: if this is the biggest concern you have, the world really IS upside down.

Automatic For The People.

[f6fhellcat13]

automatic for the people.

ak-47?

[Kitdy]

Reality check: if this is the biggest concern you have, the world really IS upside down.

Automatic For The People.

Don't worry, it isn't. The title is just a way to grab your eye - it did for me.

I think in 100% super seriousness, Ferrer's biggest concern is the thieving Spaniards.

[Kitdy]

AK-47?

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite?

[csl177]

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite?

Somewhere in a thieving oligarchs' 1000-thread count linened bed.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

Automatic For The People.

ak-47?

Well this idea (and transmission) is tailored to the American market, I sense a marketing tie-in opportunity...

[clutch-monkey]

Well this idea (and transmission) is tailored to the American market, I sense a marketing tie-in opportunity...

buy an automatic, get shot in the face?

[pimento]

Car dealerships over there have already done the whole 'buy a car, get a gun' thing.

[IBrake4Rainbows]

buy an automatic, get shot in the face?

More along the lines of "Cover me, I'm changing lanes"

[pimento]

More along the lines of "Cover me, I'm changing lanes"

That sounds more like a pair of motorcyclists driving as normal...

[NSXType-R]

Gearbox aside, the XF is a pretty good sports saloon, and I can only imagine the others with lighter aluminium to be even better.

Jag has always been a car made for the driver.

Not everyone. In fact no one in Europe, except if you are disabled or have special permit.

In Europe the manual is still commonplace. And especially in the south, were the auto is still seen as something unfamiliar and not to be trusted since it must work on witchcraft.

I meant that it's easier to learn in an automatic, hence people probably request for one.

And I'm not surprised Europe held onto manuals.

[Ferrer]

I'm not sure Jag have had a manual since the 70s. Then they had the J-gate in the 80s to make it easier to select the gear you wanted in the 80s, but it was still a normal slushbox.

I learnt to drive in a manual, I believe young drivers who learn in one and drive one for a few years make for better drivers. They have to concentrate much more on what they're doing for one thing.

Up until the X350 you could have a manual in the XJ at least in Europe I believe. And the S-Type was a manual affair as well. So Jaguar's automaticness is a recent feat at least here.

Don't worry, it isn't. The title is just a way to grab your eye - it did for me.

I think in 100% super seriousness, Ferrer's biggest concern is the thieving Spaniards.

That's about 100% true.

But don't worry, yesterday we had about the biggest demonstration in Catalunya ever for our independence.

[2ndclasscitizen]

I'd put good money on the next GT3 being available with the PDK.

[Commodore GS/E]

I don't even know anybody who owns a car with an auto gearbox. Everybody owns manuals here.

[henk4]

And Ferrer, you forget that automatics are pretty cheap now and everyone learns on an automatic at least.

Asking pricing for auto versions are still at least 1500-2000 Euros up from the manual versions, which is many cases adds more than 10% to the car price. So the cost argument in Europe is still very much valid.

and how hard I tried, I could not find in any sense in the first post in this thread. Maserati and Ferrari are anything but the representative Italian car.