My impression for question 1 would be something along the lines of most new cars in 1953 being automatic, but plenty of manuals (often column shift rather than stick shift) still on the road. Most Americans driving automatics by 1961.
But that's only an impression from absorbing popular culture.
Nowadays, I understand that manual gearboxes are pretty much limited to sports cars and trucks in the US.
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Date: 2012-08-09 08:34 pm (UTC)But that's only an impression from absorbing popular culture.
Nowadays, I understand that manual gearboxes are pretty much limited to sports cars and trucks in the US.