I guess it all depends on how you look at it..I mean look at Chrysler..couldn't have gotten more factory sponsored race cars in the '60's-70's and they prefered to stick a lot of TorqueFlite (sp?) 727's in their cars..I think a lot of Chevy people are hung up on manuals, but when looking at the other makes, it isn't as big of a deal..When you guys get so old (I'm only 34) that you can't push in the clutch anymore..what are you gonna drive if you want to drive a musclecar?