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Having lived with a particularly bad one, swapping automated manuals for full manuals is always fine in my book. It's old technology that has proven itself to be unreliable in a lot of cases. The M3 CSL would be a perfect candidate and honestly, despite not being a fan of the E46 in general, I also consider it to be peak M3. I remember how excited Clarkson was about it on his DVD and it does make an amazing noise.
The Aston Martin Vanquish is another I can think of that would be prime for a manual swap, as Clarkson said when he reviewed its replacement "In practice it went from 0 to 6000rpm in one clutch." I seem to recall him enjoying the DBS with its factory manual.
I like the idea of a Smart Roadster (I still love that awful car) with a manual but I don't think the footwell has enough space for a third pedal...
The Aston Martin Vanquish is another I can think of that would be prime for a manual swap, as Clarkson said when he reviewed its replacement "In practice it went from 0 to 6000rpm in one clutch." I seem to recall him enjoying the DBS with its factory manual.
I like the idea of a Smart Roadster (I still love that awful car) with a manual but I don't think the footwell has enough space for a third pedal...