{"id":91119,"date":"2026-02-16T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automotive.einnews.com\/article\/892828831"},"modified":"2026-02-16T15:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T18:35:17","slug":"do-you-still-want-a-manual-transmission-subaru-wants-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/02\/16\/do-you-still-want-a-manual-transmission-subaru-wants-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Still Want A Manual Transmission? Subaru Wants To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manual transmissions<\/a><\/span> have now become associated with enthusiast cars instead of being practical and cheaper options for everybody. At least in the US, where almost all new cars have moved away from offering the traditional stick, only a few manufacturers offer manuals, and one of them is Subaru<\/a>. However, even this Japanese carmaker is making the shift from manual to automatic. <\/p>\n

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The only Subaru cars that come with a manual transmission are the BRZ<\/a><\/span> and the WRX<\/a><\/span>, but it seems that even though the brand has discontinued the manual in its new lineup of cars<\/a>, it is now rethinking that move, and it’s asking its customers what they think about it. <\/p>\n

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Subaru Wants To Know What The People Want <\/h2>\n
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A Subaru reddit thread<\/a> has caught our attention as one user posted an image showing proof that Subaru has been sending surveys to some existing owners asking how interested they\u2019d be in buying a manual-transmission SUV<\/a><\/span>, and in at least one version of the survey, Subaru gets way more specific by asking about a manual Outback Wilderness. <\/p>\n

None of the current SUVs and corssovers from the Japanese carmaker are offered with a manual transmission. But, it seems that a lot of people might be interested in one.<\/p>\n

The Subaru thread lit up after the screenshot of the Subaru survey was posted, and the replies read like a support group for people who seem like they were forced to learn to love CVTs. Most of the users on the thread basically said they\u2019d do anything for a factory stick in the Outback again.<\/p>\n

One user even pointed out that he still drives his 2001 Outback because of the stick.<\/p>\n

But this comes as no surprise to us, considering that almost everyone on a car thread is probably an enthusiast customer.<\/p>\n

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Will A Survey Change Subaru’s Strategy? <\/h2>\n
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The key detail is that the reporting suggests Subaru is directly asking owners how interested they would be in a manual SUV\u2014and another version asks specifically about the Outback Wilderness<\/a><\/span> with a manual transmission. <\/p>\n

That matters, because Subaru already knows manuals have a fanbase. The real question is whether that fanbase is big enough (and profitable enough) to justify engineering a manual to work with modern driver-assist tech, validating it for a high-volume vehicle, and supporting it across production.<\/p>\n

Still, Subaru asking at all is noteworthy for a carmaker as they don\u2019t typically poke the manual transmission hornet\u2019s nest unless they\u2019re considering something.<\/p>\n

What do you guys think? Is a manual SUV still something you would consider?<\/p>\n

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