hi Steve,
I ordered an aero 8 get it on monday got pictures e mailed to me yesterday looks awesome. I ordered mine as manual, as it is a tradional sportscar, and in my opinion should be manual. I have driven lots of paddle/automatic. however iam told its a sequental gearbox.I have a Ferreri Challenge stradale which is an F1 shift/paddle which is the best manual paddle on the market in my opinion. recent road tests on various magazines testing both manual and aotomatic versions on the aero 8 reccommend the manual option.