Originally Posted by chuck65
Franc, correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the EPA sticker on the Crossfire show higher mileage for the automatic than the stick? I think I remember that because usually it's the other way around.
I believe you are right about the Crossfire milage.
Automatics have come a long way from the inefficient slush boxes of the fifties. No longer dependant on machanical and vacuum operated control systems the electronic engine management systems when integrated with the electronic control of the transmission can certainly be credited with improving both performance and fuel economy.
It has cost the auto companies millions in engineering to get to this point in the technology. Return on investment will come only with the sale of millions of units.
Perhaps that is why so many high vlome, "common" cars come only with the auto.
roadster with a stick