Lamborghini says Manual is too expensive to bring back

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^^ It's a very disappointing and not very believable response from them. If a little boutique sportscar company with a very unstable history like Spyker can release a new manual model considering what their cars cost I find it more of an excuse than anything else on the part of Lamborghini that they cannot be bothered to even install the existing manual from the R8 or Gallardo V10's with some gearing changes as limited run options in even ONE of their new models.

It's pretty ridiculous. I am sad for cars like the Mazda6 losing their manual but... I get it. Those vehicles really do sell down to a very competitive price point and while there are plenty of buyers it's not enough to justify those costs on the production line for a Mazda family sedan or most other non hot hatch or other type of niche boy racer type car. Very sad and I hate it and will never be happy that they did it but at least there I can understand the very tough economics of it when the cars are priced between $21k or so and $35k or so.

But a Supra with no manual (yet)... come on. A Lambo or Ferrari with their high and then marked up costs and waiting lists every year and not even a limited 100-200 car run of even one trim level of manual models every so often because they still think they will have no customers for them at all? For what people pay for those things...?

Give me a break. It's not too expensive for them and its not that there aren't just enough customers to meet the quota for a worldwide limited run of manual Lambos.

They just don't feel like doing it because they are assured to make tons of money selling their cars as they are, largely to mostly speculator first purchasers who buy to invest, then flip the supercars for a quick profit to well heeled buyers are the more likely candidates to actually want some more specialized options like a manual transmission.

Or else those first tier purchasers set these supercars up for rentals.

Lambo could easily make a limited number of specialty manual supercars and make a profit on them, to say nothing of the dealer markups that would accompany their sales.

They can totally afford to do it. They're just too totally in love with their current business model to care but they want to make it sound as if their hands are actually tied when... they aren't.

But even if I'm close to the mark on this I'm not a Lamborghini buyer so it doesn't matter. I assume all the rich car enthusiasts who really want a manual Lamborghini have simply bought into older ones or just moved onto some other supercar that can compete that does offer a manual. Probably if they really care enough, they just look for the few Gallardos or Aventadors that were manual from the factory and thus drive up their used market prices the more those vehicles age.

If any of them REALLY love Lamborghinis but want a manual version while the company says no at any price those customers WILL get their fix somehow depending on their dedication.

I've got nothing against the current DCT's fitted to those very fast-revving V12's in short wheelbase AWD chassis. Some things, like stick shifts, just never get old.
 
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