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‘18MY 350R Production
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<blockquote data-quote="ANGREY" data-source="post: 15736128" data-attributes="member: 188865"><p>There may be some purists left like you, but if we're honest, you're not the norm.</p><p></p><p>I see the new 10 speed autos and want to vomit. Half the fun of driving a sports/performance car is banging through gears and the control of the rpms and feel/feedback of the car. Maybe people could argue that paddle shifters and an auto are an even more exotic/high performance arrangement, but I just feel a resistance to a sports car with an automatic transmission.</p><p></p><p>But I'm not the norm. The auto manufacturers don't cater to extremes or purists, they cater to the mob (where they make the most money). That's why we have V6 convertible mustangs (puke). </p><p></p><p>What I'm saying is that sure, if the 500 comes out and it has a twin screw, there are a few purists who will turn their nose at it in favor of the NA road racer (350) but a lot of people will just march on over. That's exactly what's happening with the ZL1. The Grand Sport grows in popularity each year.</p><p></p><p>I feel like with fuel efficiency standards, the days of manual trannies (mechanical type, not gender converts) are on the way out too.</p><p></p><p>And the new formula for Detroit (and foreign makes) to satisfy the EPA and their bullshit is smaller displacement with turbos or a blower. That's the ONLY way they're going to be able to continually make more power (or even same power) and meet the law(s).</p><p></p><p>I guess what I'm saying is that if the 500 is a 350R with a twin screw and even remotely close to the MSRP of the current 350R, the value of the R's is going to drop like a bowling ball at a swim meet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ANGREY, post: 15736128, member: 188865"] There may be some purists left like you, but if we're honest, you're not the norm. I see the new 10 speed autos and want to vomit. Half the fun of driving a sports/performance car is banging through gears and the control of the rpms and feel/feedback of the car. Maybe people could argue that paddle shifters and an auto are an even more exotic/high performance arrangement, but I just feel a resistance to a sports car with an automatic transmission. But I'm not the norm. The auto manufacturers don't cater to extremes or purists, they cater to the mob (where they make the most money). That's why we have V6 convertible mustangs (puke). What I'm saying is that sure, if the 500 comes out and it has a twin screw, there are a few purists who will turn their nose at it in favor of the NA road racer (350) but a lot of people will just march on over. That's exactly what's happening with the ZL1. The Grand Sport grows in popularity each year. I feel like with fuel efficiency standards, the days of manual trannies (mechanical type, not gender converts) are on the way out too. And the new formula for Detroit (and foreign makes) to satisfy the EPA and their bullshit is smaller displacement with turbos or a blower. That's the ONLY way they're going to be able to continually make more power (or even same power) and meet the law(s). I guess what I'm saying is that if the 500 is a 350R with a twin screw and even remotely close to the MSRP of the current 350R, the value of the R's is going to drop like a bowling ball at a swim meet. [/QUOTE]
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