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Manuals and automatics both have their place.
My '88 T-Bird has a manual. It's definitely better suited to that car and its turbocharged 4-banger. It makes the car more fun to drive, plus the manual lets me more easily keep the revs up so the turbo can spool more quickly.
The '93 Lincoln Mark VIII has an automatic, which feels more appropriate in that car. Plus with its V8, it can pull decently regardless of which gear it's in.
Interestingly, despite weighing 300 pounds more, having ~80 more horsepower, a slushbox, and twice the displacement/cylinders, the Mark gets slightly better gas mileage. Go figure!
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