A 5 spd manual Cobalt would be as rare as hen's teeth around here.  We only currently have one base coupe in stock and a couple SS's.  Nobody wants a 5 spd in the city any more. 

  What are the advantages?  Gas mileage?  Negligible.  Performance.  Also negligible.  Cost savings?  Maybe up front, but you get raped on resale and if you can't drive a clutch properly, the $800 clutch replacement every 3 years could be prohibitive.

  Perhaps the twisties on the California coast look glamorous in the ads, but the reality of sitting in traffic on the freeway, trying to shift to lurch ahead 5 meters while drinking your second coffee on your morning commute - now that's glamorous!

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LOL, funny but true. I would love a new 07 Altima 6 speed manual for weekend crusing though!

i can see why the impala would not get a stick, but i think the Malibu could stand to have a stick. either a cheap turbo 4 w/ stick or a v6 stick. but since the G6 has a stick, that's ok.

DSG is the way of the future. I think i could live with that although i do like clutch pedals and the feedback you get through them.

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6. Sentra (new one)

5. Corolla

4. Elantra

3. Civic

2. Mazda3

1. VW Rabbit

They seemed to have issues with the new Sentra.  Of course they didn't like the Corolla because its spongy.  They praised the Elantra as being spacious and a good commuter but its a flopper.  The Civic is an acquired taste.  the Mazda is a good car but it didn't win because of red dash lights.  The Rabbit is the best overall.  All models tested had sticks.  They claimed that no Focus or Cobalt with stick was available to test.

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I swear to god man...

Reading Car & Driver these days is akin to listening to shallow soroity girls bitch about who slapped who at the club last night... It's just a bunch of whiney, effeminate, WORTHLESS drivel that one must suffer through.