As I've said before, if I was into drag racing, I would have jumped at a chance for a SRT6 with it's automatic.
But since I personally feel a real sports car needs a manual shift, to "feel" like a real "sports car", that's why I went with a 6 spd.
An automatic doesn't make it less of a "sports car", it just makes it "feel" like less of a sports car. IMO.