# Finding a manual transmission **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121 "2009-03-01T02:10:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![radreamfarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@radreamfarm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/radreamfarm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/1 "2009-03-01T02:10:26Z")
What is the best way to find out which newer cars are being made with manual transmissions? ---
**Author:** ![americar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/americar/32/42_2.png) [@americar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/americar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/2 "2009-03-01T02:23:48Z")
Ford Fusion is good mid size domestic w/manual ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/3 "2009-03-01T02:31:26Z")
Check the websites for vehicles in which you are interested. ---
**Author:** ![radreamfarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@radreamfarm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/radreamfarm)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/4 "2009-03-01T20:38:51Z")
to check every company’s website, and go vehicle by vehicle - what a pain! I just want it to seat 6 or more, and be stick shift. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/5 "2009-03-02T05:13:15Z")
Unfortunately if you’re buying new I don’t think there are any cars that have manual transmissions and seat more than 5. For what it’s worth, I find [www.fueleconomy.gov](http://www.fueleconomy.gov) not only helpful for comparing car’s fuel economy ratings, but it’s also useful for checking what configurations of vehicles were available what years (including the present one). ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 1:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/6 "2009-03-03T01:51:42Z")
You’re going to have to work for it. Greasy Jack offered an excellent suggestion. You might also look at [Edmunds.com](http://Edmunds.com) or cars .com to check whether a car is available with manual transmission. But just because it is listed as available doesn’t mean that it actually is available. Someone at work wanted a new Accord coupe with a manual transmission. Honda makes them, but there were none available for a few months. He finally found one. And there are 15 Honda dealers within 20 miles from home. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/7 "2009-03-03T04:52:22Z")
The only ones that I can thnk of that might have a stick and seat 6 are the Kia Rondo and Mazda 5. Check them out. ---
**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/8 "2009-03-03T05:26:28Z")
If you want a car that will seat 6 and carry them well, with a manual transmission, you might find a 49 Buick or Olds someplace. ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/9 "2009-03-03T06:46:33Z")
Maybe some day car makers will rediscover the wonders of the column-mounted shifter… ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2009, 6:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/10 "2009-03-03T06:48:45Z")
Ding ding ding… the Mazda 5 seats 6 and is available in a manual! ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/11 "2009-03-04T22:38:26Z")
Sometimes doing your own research is worth it. A car is a major decision. Being too lazy to do the research can cost you later. ---
**Author:** ![Triedaq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Triedaq](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Triedaq)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2009, 2:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/12 "2009-03-05T02:23:15Z")
I hope that if the car makers discover the wonders of the column shift that they make the shifters work as well as they did in the 1940’s and early 1950’s. The later column shifters didn’t work very well. I’ve owned 5 column shift cars: a 1947 Pontiac, a 1948 Dodge, a 1954 Buick, a 1955 Pontiac and a 1965 Rambler. The 1947 Pontiac, the 1948 Dodge and the 1954 Buick shifted very well. The 1955 Pontiac and the 1965 Rambler didn’t shift well at all. I think that the manufacturers were forcing us to automatic transmissions. ---
**Author:** ![radreamfarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@radreamfarm](https://community.cartalk.com/u/radreamfarm)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/13 "2009-04-24T00:47:33Z")
That was what I was looking for, a website to compare vehicles. But most sites I have found don’t mention auto or manual transmission. And then having to find one, then having it shipped (there isn’t much in the area where I live)…That is why I am looking now. ---
**Author:** ![GSN\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@GSN\_fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GSN_fan)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/finding-a-manual-transmission/27121/14 "2009-04-25T03:55:33Z")
All right, what kind of car are you looking for? That could help us.