A week ago, I attended the
A week ago, I attended the Los Angeles Auto Show and test drove two different Subaru models. I presently own a 10-year-old, manual Forester that I bought brand new in 2017. I plan to buy a new Subaru in 2018, but refuse to buy an automatic. I have never owned an automatic over the 45 years that I have been driving. I learned to drive on a manual as a very young teen. I had planned to wait for the 2019 Forester to come out, but now that I accidentally have come across this article, stating that they won't be produced in manuals, I will cross it off my list, as I have crossed off the Outback since it was last made in a manual in 2015. I will now need to either focus on a Crosstrek or not buy a Subaru. Do car companies not realize the importance of one knowing how to drive a manual as there are many countries, around the world, where manuals still rule? I would not want to be one who is limited to only knowing how to drive an automatic as if I need to rent a car, in various overseas countries, or borrow a friend's car in an overseas country, the chance of it being a manual is very high. I have a friend who went to rent a car, in a major overseas city, and all that was on the lot were manuals when the person arrived. The few available automatics had been checked out and the automatic that the person had reserved had been given out to someone else by the time the person, who had reserved it, arrived to the rental place. That person could not drive a manual.