Toyota Corolla Loses Manual Transmission and Apex Edition for 2023

[defensivetackle88]

So it finally happens...

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2...-transmission/

[Mark]

So it finally happens...

https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/2...-transmission/

Just another vehicle to cross off my list.

[Dodge Aries K]

That sucks... Dammit Toyota...

[precisionxt]

I sure hope the Corolla GR stays around for a while then. I can't imagine a small Toyota without a manual option.

[dspace9]

No more MT Corolla, what is the world coming to. Kinda interesting that the performance GR Corolla, however, only comes in manual tranny, and has a turbo 3 cylinder of all things.

Are they selling them in the States?


Chintzy looking car imo, if I spent the money I want my sports car to look like a sports car. To each their own of course.

[klroger]

You can't even buy a new Corvette with a Manual Trans.. People vote with their wallet & if no one votes (buys) for a Manual, the Manufacturers will stop supplying them... If you want lots of choices with Manuals, you will have to get all your friends & Relatives to buy cars with them, but no body will, thus they are disappearing... Sorry......

[Mark]

You can't even buy a new Corvette with a Manual Trans.. People vote with their wallet & if no one votes (buys) for a Manual, the Manufacturers will stop supplying them... If you want lots of choices with Manuals, you will have to get all your friends & Relatives to buy cars with them, but no body will, thus they are disappearing... Sorry......

You're stating the obvious.

I don't know anyone (outside the forum) who likes driving a manual except me. I'd rather have a Miata with a manual than a Corvette anyways.

Mazda is one of the few companies that's not using a CVT in any of their vehicles. When it comes time to buy something else in 10+ years, my money may go that direction. A lot can change in the meantime. The market seems flooded with high tech, over priced junk to me.

[dspace9]

Americans don't like driving manuals, except probably those people who buy Miatas, and other cars like that. Not sure why. I betcha Corvette Stingrays from the 1960s were mostly automatics too. Nothing new. Hopefully you can still get imported cars with manual, like a Mini Cooper, or a Miata, or a Lotus sports car.

It's too bad manuals have gone extinct like dinosaurs or the dodo bird. People gotta be more alert with a 5 speed when they have to do something to keep the car moving.

Keeping more alert = safer roads. I know that one of the local drivers ed schools used to offer manual training, but that was back in the late 90s.

I assume most motorcycles are manual

[MetroMPG]

Americans don't like driving manuals.... Not sure why.

Too hard to text, eat and apply make-up while driving a manual.

[7milesout]

too hard to text, eat and apply make-up while driving a manual.

truth