What percentage of base models are manual transmission?

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What percentage of base models are manual transmission?

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Does anyone here know what percentage of base Vibes are equipped with manual transmissions vs. automatic?
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Re: What percentage of base models are manual transmission? (esjones)

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I would guess that an upper 80% are autos but a lower auto % here.
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Re: What percentage of base models are manual transmission? (goodvibe)

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Quote, originally posted by goodvibe »I would guess that an upper 80% are autos but a lower auto % here.Thanks for the guess, but I was wondering if someone had reports from NUMMI or Pontiac that might have the true numbers.
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Re: What percentage of base models are manual transmission? (esjones)

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Your welcome, I did try to find it but couldn't. This was the best I could do. http://www.genvibe.com/html/news/headlines.shtml This is a great site. Most dealer lots won't have a base manual and many will get the GT. I know that was the case when I was looking at the largest Chicagoland dealer. I'm also curious about the real #s but I doubt would wager that Vibe stick purchase is in the low to mid teens.
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Re: What percentage of base models are manual transmission? (goodvibe)

Post by sylvainber »

my dealer keeps one base manual only on his lot. the other local dealers seem to follow the same trend. roughly, that's one out of 10-15 vibes locally that are stick.
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Post by Thewhite »

I don't know why you need that info, but I think you'll have better result if you ask directly to Pontiac via their website and customer service...
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Quote, originally posted by Thewhite »I don't know why you need that info...Because I am CURIOUS. I must have missed the note that said this was a need-to-know only forum.
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Post by RIT »

Not a direct answer to your question, but my dealer has probably 30 Vibes on his lot, and they are ALL Base/Automatics. Seems like the manual transmission is a dying breed, even though both my Maxima and Vibe are sticks. I even had a stick Caravan, before it died!
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Quote, originally posted by RIT »Not a direct answer to your question, but my dealer has probably 30 Vibes on his lot, and they are ALL Base/Automatics. Seems like the manual transmission is a dying breed.I have pretty much the same feeling. You used to see even the big Chevy Impala available with a manual back into the early 60's. Now, manual transmissions are largely found only in sports cars, econoboxes or enthusiast cars. I would put the Vibe in that last category because it generates so much enthusiasm among its drivers!
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So you can have feelings and I can't have a guess huh!
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