getting fast cars in automatic....

[gusmahler]

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I recently had to make this very decision. I purchased an RX8 but I had never driven a manual before. I ended up getting the auto version simply because I couldn't care less about racing or beating someone off a light.


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The RX8 is one of the cars where the manual is much better than the automatic. Because of the high-revving rotary engine, the automatic version is crippled by Mazda, who states that a torque converter can't handle high RPMs. So the manual has a 9300 rpm redline and 237 HP at 8500 rpm. But the automatic has a 7500 rpm redline and 212 HP.