I have an autostick and think it kills the manual, which I think sucks in the crossfire. 6 gears is great if they were not a pain in the butt to shift like the crossfire's. for such a nice car they really screwed the pooch on that crummy manual. took me two test drives in the manual before I knew I would never own one. It took two test drives because I wished the stick did not feel so horrible, fantasy, it still drove like crap the second time around.