FrankLP

I was/am wondering the same thing.

Might try the Corvette Facebook page or their Instagram page

LT1 Z51

Hmm. The only thing I know of is two engines, and that's if there are two cars. The Cadillac is for sure not getting a manual.

I think my record of posts speaks for its self. I can't remember a time so far where I've actually been wrong. So you can try to spin this in a way that looks bad but it would only be because of personal bias of people on this site (either who appear to have close contacts with the industry or are moderators).

Know one thing, I don't BS, so if I say something is true then its true. The stipulation I can say is that its with the information I have available at the time.

Take a look at posts from me from 2012 and 2013, oh wait, you can't find any? There is a reason they all got deleted. I'll just leave it at that.

OVR60

Nice perk for the Corvette Team.

MikeyTX

Dubai ........ Dubai.

jimmyb

I would be surprised if the ME car offers a manual for one simple reason....Corvette buyers are buying automatics at an 80% rate. I have no "insider" info, but common sense tells you that if 4 out of 5 customers choose automatics, why go through the cost and time to engineer a manual when not many want it. Ferrari made the same decision years ago....90% of their customers were buying F1 transmissions, the market spoke and they reacted. Of course, that didn't stop keyboard warriors from damning Ferrari for selling out, etc.

Foosh

Losing 20% of your base is nothing to sneeze at. No manual would mean no future Corvette for me. I am brand agnostic, but I am also very hard core on the manual transmission. I purchased and tried to love both DCTs and the modern paddle-shift autos. I can't love them even though they perform extremely well in other cars, not the A8. I find them boring, which is what brought me back to the C7.

I'll simply purchase the best performing manual, convertible on the market when I'm ready for another sports car after the C7.

jagamajajaran

For 2017, 7% of Stingrays, 6% of Grand Sports, and 3% of Z06s were verts. If those percentages don't bring about the end of Corvette verts, I doubt 20% transmission numbers will bring about the end of the manual transmission.

Foosh

Thanks Jeremy, and yes that's the other thing. No convertible means no interest in another Corvette for me either.

elegant

When the C7 was introduced, Tadge said in 2013 that while other brands are moving away from manuals, we are embracing them.

And Porsche is recently bringing back manuals to some of their models.

Foosh

Given that Corvette targets sales of 35-40K units a year, 20% (the actual number is closer to 27%) means more manual Corvettes are sold annually in the US than total Ferrari and Porsche car sales combined.

sunsalem

And it shouldn't.
Manuals don't belong in Cadillacs...they belong in GM's Chevrolet brand, if anywhere (IMO).

There are lies, damn lies, and statistics.
I suggest you re-read what you wrote...

LT1 Z51

Unfortunately we soon won’t have any options. I can see a day when even the pony cars don’t have manuals. It’s coming, and unfortunately faster than I’d like. The new M5 speaks volumes in this regard.

So if no one offers a manual except in a FWD car or an off-roader (like a Wrangler). What do you buy? Old cars?

Kent1999

I've been a Corvette fan since I was a kid, and a Corvette owner for +25 years, so you could call me a 'huge' fan.

That said, if Corvette stopped offering a manual transmission, my next car would likely be a manual Porsche. I've tried the DSG's and PSK's... they just don't give me the level of driving fun\engagement that a clutch pedal does, even if the autos are a little 'faster' around a track or dragstrip. For my personal needs, I would be giving up 50% of my desired flavor of driving enjoyment for a 5% decrease in lap times. Not a trade I am in any way interested or willing to make.

For me, I'd rather drive a 400hp sportscar with a manual than a 500hp sportscar with an automatic.

LT1 Z51

The problem isn’t the sales of Corvettes. The problem is the sales across the board. Manuals used to be cheaper to manufacture. No longer, and as more models drop them the investment in the supply base dwindles. It becomes a death spiral. You need people to invest in a technology for it to survive.

Convertibles are totally different, they aren’t essential, but industry wise they will never go away. Therefore the supply base will continue to innovate and invest in them.

JimNeedsC7

Same for me except not necessarily a convertible.

But no manual tranny would mean no Corvette for Jim either.

I know that we are a small part of the overall market but we are some of the most committed owners and I think car makers are shortsighted and greedy if they don't make a car that I want to buy.

Whichever way this one goes is fine with me though. Unlike a lot of people on the forum my next car does not have to be a Chevy.

elegant

Then there is no reason for all other forum members to post any facts that might be different than anything within your posts.

I am a mere mortal and I admit it, I make mistakes. I have made them in the past, and I am sure I will again in the future. (And I sure I made a least one today too.)

I just “tapped out,” e.g., unsubscribing from this particular thread. I am going to spend my forum and other time trying to find somewhere where, if there is one, we can find a link to a live feed for tomorrow morning’s 10:00 (EST) ZR1 reveal.

jimmyb

I can't explain the drop...2016 model year, convertibles were 19.3% of the total.

sunsalem

I laughed...at first.
Then I remembered the Wrangler I drove in Hawaii had an auto.

I just checked out the Jeep website to be sure a manual was still offered.
I know Grand Cherokees haven't offered them in decades, if at all.
EXACTLY.
IMO, the Vette will be the last stop for Verts and Manuals (if there is to be one).

jvp

I came into this thread looking to see if there was any info on a live stream for the Dubai event tomorrow, but then read this:

Uh. Hold the phone a moment. Before we go throwing body styles into the same bucket as drivetrain components, let's read what the head honcho of Corvette has already said about the topic:

Ask Tadge about Manuals

Different drivetrains need to be emissions and FE tested and certified. That stuff costs a butt-ton of money. Remember that while GM makes its own auto, it purchases the manual from TREMEC. If fewer and fewer people are buying manuals, it means GM will purchase fewer and fewer of them from TREMEC (who's also no longer selling them to Dodge for the Viper). At some point, it becomes an unfavorable business proposition from TREMEC to continue making and selling the transmissions, which leaves GM to either:

• Find another manufacturer
• Make their own
• Kill the manual car

Guess which one the business guys will say to do, should the take rate continue dropping? Here's a hint: it's the last one. I promise.

LB001

I haven't been following this very closely, but wasn't the new ME supposed to be called "Zora"?