They did get him in an automatic but it blew up - the gearbox died on him.
That's Ok - they cut it out of the interview, but it was shown in the filming.
This is the ONE thing I absolutely HATE, HATE and HATE about Top Gear. I will NOT watch another Ferrari or Porsche review of JC. I am one of the biggest TG fans, I assure you, but I cant stand it. Every Porsche that Clarkson is testing is bad, awful, boring etc (except the CGT maybe) and EVERY Ferrari is good (well almost, but c'mon). It gets boring.....
Sorry for the rant, but I am german and a BIG Porsche fan.
Other than that, the episode was good!