Did the R107 come in manual?
The Mercedes-Benz R107 SL was rarely ordered with a manual gearbox over its 18 years of production, and since SLSHOP’s inception, we have come across manual transmissions on few occasions. The R172 SLK250 is the final Mercedes sold in the United States with a manual transmission.The people buying them new weren’t buying manuals. So any money Mercedes would have spent developing the transmission components to handle the power and torque these engines produced would have been completely wasted.
Did the C63 come in manual?
There were year-on-year changes to the Mercedes-AMG C63 Sedan, including a new seven-speed automated manual transmission for MY2012. Mercedes-Benz to retire the manual transmission from 2023.
Did the Pontiac G6 come in manual?
A four-speed automatic transmission was standard, but for no cost, a six-speed manual transmission was available. The standard M4 only comes with a 6-speed manual transmission. The extra power and automatic transmission on the M4 Competition increases the 0-60 time from 4.
Has there ever been a manual AMG?
Although there were some AMG models in the 1980s with manual transmissions, almost all recent models have used automatics (5G-Tronic, 7G-Tronic and later 9G-Tronic with Speedshift), in contrast to BMW M, which used manual and recently automatic transmissions (the current type being a dual clutch transmission). BMW will still offer the manual gearbox as an option for the new M2 coupe, M3 saloon and M4 Coupe… at least for a bit. Which means that in 2024, and for the next few years of this generation of cars, it’s possible to buy a powerful, rear-drive performance car with a proper stick shift.