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According to Gemini, 35% to 40% of vehicles in the world today are manual transmission. While not most, it's higher than I realized.


Possibly out of date statistics including farm machinery and motorbikes sold to Africa. In Southeast Asia, I've noticed that cities are mostly now all automatic scooters but in country areas many people still prefer manual. Manual is more intuitive for tackling hard topography and very bad roads.



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