the disappearing of the stick shift

For the few who are passionate about shifting the gears themselves, it may have seemed like a betrayal of the species when Ferrari announcement occurred that a switch to automatics happened, and it was due to the number of customers ordering their cars with stick shifts disappeared.

Now Porsche has cancelled the stick for 911 GT3's.

But as Ezra Dyer points out in the July 2014 issue of Automobile magazine... why bother worrying about stick shifts? Transmissions aren't keeping their market share the way then once did. Hybrid and electric cars are being built without a trans.