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Originally Posted by Cubanaso
I hope someone reads this and tells me I'm wrong about the no stick option, but I think I'm right about that.
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They will offer a manual, but not in the first year... why?:
It takes a LOT longer to certify a manual-trans car with the EPA.
The process for auto-trans cars is pretty easy... give your car to them with the production shift-logic and they run it. Easy.
For a manual there has to be a prescribed shift-pattern that the EPA uses to ensure the best mileage, and as result, the procedure takes longer to design and implemement.
My guess is late 2009 for the manual (though depending on the sales, they may not offer it at all).
BTW, was anyone else surprised that the G8 is LARGER than a BMW 550i? Its larger than than the MB E550?
From what I can find, the G8 larger in EVERY dimension except height... it just doesn't look that way in the pics.
~LSx