Toyota offers their safety
Toyota offers their safety systems with a manual transmission too. I hope Subaru does not make the mistake of dropping the manual transmission from the Forester. However, just before the new Impreza and Crosstrek were initially released I read that they wouldn't offer manual transmission. However, both models continue to offer a manual transmission. I hope the same happens with the Forester. I really don't like CVT transmissions either. I just got a car and was planning to get a SUV in the next few years. Forester was my number 1 choice but if they don't offer a manual transmission guess I'll have to go for something else.