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Old Dec 1, 2012 | 11:05 am
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Originally Posted by oldgoldflyer
Problem is, these cars really need to be driven with a standard shift, and I know they are not going to have a stick shift if they are in the rental fleet.
Haha. The last manual-trans US car rental I had was around 1989.

About two years ago in Romania I had a new Ford Mondeo turbo-diesel with a 6-speed stick. That was a great car and the new 2013 US Ford Fusion is the next generation of the Mondeo vs the flabby 2012 and earlier Fusion model.

I wanted to test drive a 2013 BMW 328 with the 6-speed but the dealer I went to just laughed when I told him what I wanted. Something like "If I wanna guarantee a car sits on my lot for six months, I'll order stickshifts." Sheesh. About the only new BMW with a manual you'd find at a dealer is the $100,000+ M5.
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