I thought about several cars before I bought the SRT. I had an 06 Minin Cooper S six speed and I don't miss shifting it at all. Like it has been said before, the autotrans is the best one I have ever driven. it adapts to your driving and is one of the smoothes trans you will ever drive. There was a thread about recalls and there are no recalls for any Crossfire. Drive one and you will buy one. Pretty simple stuff.