Originally Posted by bigbengt67
Mercedes is the only company that doesn't offer a manual transmission in their highest performaing cars. Personally, I think Mercedes doesn't get it.
Oh they get it. Two words—Focus Groups. It's a fact that people who purchase a Mercedes prefer automatics. Granted there is a small demographic that would want a manual it simply doesn't make sense for the R&D, different manufacturing processes, etc, etc just to satisfy the small percentage.