Originally Posted by
travelingman79
CPMR has a manual transmission. The "CPMR" is a SIPP code describing the car type. The first character, "C", indicates compact. The third character, "M", indicates manual. An automatic of the same specification would be "CPAR".
You can find more details on SIPP codes at:
http://www.acriss.org/about_cars/.
Thanks for posting that URL, very informative!