View Poll Results: Automatic or Standard ?
Automatic
136
41.09%
Standard, I need to shift!
195
58.91%
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Automatic or Standard?
Drifting
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 1,273
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From: Texas hill country
I was wondering the same thing.... the enthusiast die-hards who paid full MSRP (or more) early on might have a higher percentage of manual purchasers than 2018. I would also assume those early adopters checked more option check boxes than the later years as well, so less 3LT's, less PDR's, less suede, etc, for 2018.
- MY 2014: https://www.corvettemuseum.org/wp-co...vetteStats.pdf & an article from Motor Authority - https://www.motorauthority.com/news/...ck-with-manual
- MY 2015: https://www.corvettemuseum.org/wp-co...YearEndHWC.pdf
Folks always like to know what the breakdown is with the 7-speed manual transmission vs the new 8-speed automatic. For the 2015 Corvette Stingray, that breakdown was 25.6% manual and 74.4% automatic. For the Z06, the take rate on the 7-speed manual was 51.6% while the new 8-speed auto accounted for 48.4%. The automatics started production a little over a month after the 7-speed manuals so perhaps this will change for 2016. https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2015...on-statistics/
- MY 2016: https://www.corvettemuseum.org/wp-co...ar-End-HWC.pdf
- MY 2017: https://www.corvettemuseum.org/wp-co...HWC-UPDATE.pdf
- MY 2018: https://www.corvettemuseum.org/wp-co...ar-End-HWC.pdf
- MY 2019 (production stats through Aug. 1, 2018): https://www.corvetteblogger.com/2018...gh-august-1st/ (further down the page is the % by model of RPO code M5U (i.e. 8-spd paddle shift automatic).
Last edited by Oneslackr; Jan 15, 2019 at 10:50 AM.
Pro
Joined: Jul 2017
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I wanted to avoid having to take mine in for the suspect TC replacement or "fluid flush" or whatever the solution GM is peddling lately. If there hadn't been the negative experiences posted regarding the A8 "warble" I probably would have got an auto, but after having had the M7 now for a year, I'm glad I got the manual.
Drifting
Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 1,323
Likes: 420
From: Eastern NC
Used to always do manuals back before auto's became better. Now with the A8 in my corvette thats constantly in the shop, my next auto car will be from another make thats not GM. So if you're set on having a Corvette, relive the old days and stick with a manual. Well whats left of it with the skip shift, hill start assist, rev match and all that stuff. lol
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2015
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From: Lake Havasu City Arizona
Life is what you make it. Pick and choose. But I could imagine if a driver that hasn't experienced a DCT after years of manuals, that driver may be whistling another tune. I know according to the history chronicles that some said "if I can't hand crank my car to start it I'm done with cars". 
Last edited by joemessman; Jan 15, 2019 at 05:40 PM.
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The only reason I pulled the trigger on my awesome C7, is that it had the very coveted M7 Tremec transmission, replete with Rev Match.
..An automatic transmission would have been an absolute deal breaker.
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..An automatic transmission would have been an absolute deal breaker.
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Advanced
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 60
Likes: 22
From: Markham Ont
These discussions are the fault of GM for giving us a choice between transmissions, if they just followed everyone else and just only offered CVTs there will be no point in discussing this. 
Auto - For the better numbers.
Manual - For the left foot to do something while driving. Oh yeah, for the fun of it.
Auto - For the better numbers.
Manual - For the left foot to do something while driving. Oh yeah, for the fun of it.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 2,216
Likes: 284
From: Ten Mile TN
I was wondering the same thing.... the enthusiast die-hards who paid full MSRP (or more) early on might have a higher percentage of manual purchasers than 2018. I would also assume those early adopters checked more option check boxes than the later years as well, so less 3LT's, less PDR's, less suede, etc, for 2018.
Traded for an 18. Got an Grand Sport, 3LT, M7 with the CARBON 65 package, which is exposed Carbon fiber hood, roof, dash, side skirts, spoiler front and rear Comp seats with Carbon fiber seat backs. So its still and M7 car with even more options than the loaded first one.
So I guess I hurt your theory. I would not own a C7 with out a manual. Seeing I spend my time inside the car, I like all the bells and whistles.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 6,904
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From: Any City USA
These discussions are the fault of GM for giving us a choice between transmissions, if they just followed everyone else and just only offered CVTs there will be no point in discussing this.
Auto - For the better numbers.
Manual - For the left foot to do something while driving. Oh yeah, for the fun of it.
Auto - For the better numbers.
Manual - For the left foot to do something while driving. Oh yeah, for the fun of it.
....LOL
Last edited by V Vette; Jan 16, 2019 at 08:02 AM.
Safety Car
Joined: Jul 2001
Posts: 4,609
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From: Houston, Texas
St. Jude Donor '20-'21-'22-'23
So just a wild guess, you don't have a manual transmission, you don't row your own gears, you have a non-sports car automatic...
Lol, just did not want you to be disappointed.
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Drifting
Joined: Jun 2012
Posts: 1,315
Likes: 230
From: McDonough, Georgia
Would have opted voted for A8 if it had any kind of acceptable reliability. It would have been my first automatic in about 50 years. However, I had to vote M7 because of that and my '19 is an M7.
