Most car manufacturers have
Most car manufacturers have stopped making vehicles with manual transmissions because they can't achieve 5 star safety ratings under the latest standards. Electronic safety systems (like adaptive cruise control and autonomous forward and reverse braking) don't work well with manuals. I had a 2009 6-speed manual diesel Forester and now a 2018 2.5L petrol Forester. The latter is smoother, quieter, cheaper to run, much easier to drive in slow-moving traffic, and the adaptive cruise control is great. Performance is more than adequate Interesting the the old XT never sold very well, and yet many comments concerning the new Forester bemoan the lack of a turbo. Maybe, the majority who were, and are, happy with non-turbo Foresters simply choose to remain silent..