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from The Atlantic<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The End of Manual Transmission<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Stick shifts are dying. When they go, something bigger than driving will be lost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Ian Bogost<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Katie Martin<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I drive a stick shift. It\u2019s a pain, sometimes. Clutching and shifting in bumper-to-bumper traffic wears you out. My wife can\u2019t drive my car, which limits our transit options. And when I\u2019m at the wheel, I can\u2019t hold a cold, delicious\u00a0slushie<\/a>\u00a0in one hand, at least not safely. But despite the inconvenience, I love a manual transmission. I love the feeling that I am\u00a0operating<\/em>\u00a0my car, not just driving it. That\u2019s why I\u2019ve driven stick shifts for the past 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That streak may soon be over. When it comes time to replace my current car, I probably won\u2019t be able to get another like it. In 2000, more than 15 percent of new and used cars sold by the auto retailer CarMax came with stick shifts; by 2020, that figure\u00a0had dropped<\/a>\u00a0to 2.4 percent. Among the hundreds of new car models for sale in the United States this year,\u00a0only about 30<\/a>\u00a0can be purchased with a manual transmission. Electric cars, which now account for\u00a0more than 5 percent<\/a>\u00a0of car sales, don\u2019t even have gearboxes. There are rumors that Mercedes-Benz plans to\u00a0retire<\/a>\u00a0manuals entirely by the end of next year, all around the world, in a decision\u00a0driven partly<\/a>\u00a0by electrification; Volkswagen is said to be dropping its own\u00a0by 2030<\/a>, and other brands are sure to follow. Stick shifts have long been a niche market in the U.S. Soon they\u2019ll be extinct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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