Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmissionwww.motortrend.comexternal-linkmessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL that Ferrari & Lamborghini no longer make cars with a manual transmissionwww.motortrend.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squareShawdow194@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWell when your customer base is mostly geriatric…
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI would guess that there’s more demand for manuals from older people than from younger people. Younger people can’t be nostalgic about stick shifting.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI think there’s a word for it, but essentially false nostalgia. Gen. Z absolutely has a lot of nostalgia for things people say were great despite never experiencing it themselves.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoYounger people can’t afford those cars anyway.
minus-squareArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI meant manual transmissions, not supercars.
Well when your customer base is mostly geriatric…
I would guess that there’s more demand for manuals from older people than from younger people. Younger people can’t be nostalgic about stick shifting.
I think there’s a word for it, but essentially false nostalgia. Gen. Z absolutely has a lot of nostalgia for things people say were great despite never experiencing it themselves.
Younger people can’t afford those cars anyway.
I meant manual transmissions, not supercars.