[Richardlord]

It also would be interesting to see the age range of buyers. I expect more older age buyers are buying 7 speeds, which seems the reverse of what one may expect. My dealer had an explanation for this in that most younger buyers trend to automatics, with the reason given me is that younger buyers don't know how to shift, never having had the experience, and do not want to learn.

Another thing, having driven my C7 7 speed with rev matching and NPP fully open all the time in all 5 modes; it tends to be more noisy, which I like. The rev matching does all kinds of revving with me not intending that it do so, and with NPP open, it sounds-off more as it wishes more so than I expect an auto would do. I am an active shifter. I tend to wind-up into gears at speeds more so than I expect Chevy would approve, although I do shift before I suffer a loss of speed, and I down-shift for braking purposes at higher speeds than I expect Chevy would suggest. Turns out I do not do much 1 to 4 shifting. The result is much rev matching/NPP noise, but beautiful to my ears.