Random Coolest Cars You Can Still Buy with a Manual Transmission (16 items)

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  (#4) Chevrolet Corvette

  • General Motors, Chevrolet

  Gone is the old Tremec 6060 for Corvette's C7 iteration. Here to stay is the bespoke TR-6070. It's just like the old transmission, but with a new and improved number. That's not all that's new and improved, either. While the last generation was panned by some Eurotrash types as being cheap, flimsy, and untamable, the (far better looking) C7 has proven well on par with many Italians that cost two to three times as much. 
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  (#7) Chevrolet Camaro

  • General Motors, Chevrolet

  Chevy offers a six-speed stick on almost all trim levels of the Camaro, from the base V-6 all the way up to the ZL1. The top transmission is the Tremec 6060, and the base model uses the 3160. And that's all good... but here's a little something that might elicit a slight involuntary gag from Chevy owners: both of them either have been or are currently used in Mustangs. 
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  (#9) Mazda Miata

  The new Miata is one spectacular car, and many journalists are already calling it the greatest driver's car of all time. Considerably more butch than its predecessor, the Miata is finally shedding some of its hair salon image and finding fans among younger males who wouldn't be caught dead standing next to one before. Of course it's got a stick. It's still a Miata, after all. 
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  (#16) Honda Fit

  • Honda

  If you can't find the joy in whipping a tiny, peppy, stick-shift compact around town, then just give up on life. You're dead inside. Honda's Fit certainly isn't quite a Lamborghini. It's not even a Civic. But it is everything the Civic used to be, before it got old and fat. Say what you will about kids these days, but only the most jaded could deny the dumb-puppy appeal of this stick-shift city scooter.
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  (#5) Ford Mustang

  • Ford

  It's a Mustang. That should pretty much sum it up. At no point in the car's history has it not come with a manual, and that certainly isn't changing now. Especially since the Mustang's latest generation leans so heavily on Ford's huge base of younger 5.0 fanboys. Six-speeds are on offer for all trim levels; V-6 engines get the Tremec 3160, while 5.0- and 5.2-liters get a Getrag Ford MT82. 
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  (#2) Dodge Challenger

  • Dodge

  Is it even possible to build a retro pony car without a manual transmission? Dodge offers a stick shift on all trim levels of the Challenger, including the awesome 707-horsepower Hellcat. In fact, six-speed manual tranny Hellcats are handily outselling automatic versions - there aren't many other cars on Earth that can claim that stat. 

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