National Stick Shift Day: Here Are 8 Used Cars With Many Manual Models Available
As part of our celebration of this year’s National Stick Shift Day, we thought we’d take a look at Cars.com inventory listings and help shoppers find which used cars have the most manual-equipped models available.
With automakers continuing to discontinue manual transmissions outside of more performance-oriented vehicles and a few budget-friendly models, it may not surprise you that most of the cars on this list are in the former category. Looking for a used stick-shift muscle car? You’re in (relative) luck, though even those have more used automatic-equipped listings. In fact, only the Subaru WRX has far more manual models available than automatics (among cars that offer a choice between the two, as opposed to a handful of manual-only cars left, like the WRX STI or Honda Civic Type R).
In any case, if you’re looking for a stick-shift used car, here are eight popular options on Cars.com, with listings reported as of June 30:
Muscle Cars:
Ford Mustang, Ford Mustang Shelby GT350
The manual Mustang dominates our listings; when broken down by model year, six of the top 10 and four of the top five cars are Mustangs, with 2019 models the most popular of the bunch. That also excludes the manual-only Mustang Shelby GT350, which offers significantly more performance than a non-Shelby Mustang. Cars.com had 1,568 manual-equipped 2019 model-year Mustangs listed for sale nationwide, with 1,384 model-year 2017s and 1,130 model-year 2018s. That’s just over 4,000 manual Mustangs from the previous three model years, giving shoppers a wealth of choices, from four-cylinder to V-8 engines as well as coupes or convertibles. Add in the high-performance GT350 and GT350R from those years, and the number climbs to almost 4,500 (Ford sold many fewer GT350s, and owners might be likelier to hang onto theirs, but you can still find examples if you look hard enough).
(photo credit: Aaron Bragman - Cars.com)
