Interesting about manual vs auto. I have always, always been a manual man. But over the years as cars have got faster I really believe that auto is the way.
But why?
Power, torque and legislation.
All sports cars, super cars and hyper cars, as we all know, are getting faster.
I remember the day many many years ago taking delivery of my first Ferrari - the F40, now I thought at the time that nothing would come close to the sheer shov that car delivered. Today many can match it, but very few if any can match the thrill of the thing.
But that power comes with a heavy clutch. Rewarding yes.
Then many years later I was lucky enough to have a Carrera GT, perhaps the most rewarding manual car on Earth. But a pig to move around the drive, garage etc. Carbon clutch, light, but hard work.
Manual automated gearboxes. Had a few from Italy again, burnt clutches, jerky etc.
Then PDK.
911 TURBO S - this is the point where I realised so much torque and power would simply overwhelm the average driver. They are so quick with so much power that really the PDK was sensible and rewarding.
Morgan find themselves needing to deliver a more modern sports car. I have now driven my Plus 6 to 9/10ths and only come away thinking “fuck me” the only car that will give this a run for its money is a modern super car.
So the legislation bit, unlike a manual you can programme an auto to behave and get you through all the bullshit legislation.
Biggest bonus for me? My wife loves it. Oh and to get my fix on a manual, 3 is the magic number!
