i recently bought my 14, i love manual but actually considered auto cause of the trany issues ive heard. then i slapt myself and bought a manual. for pure drag strip an auto is going to be better, but most of us dont live at a strip, manual is just more fun day to day driving, i had an auto sports car before and i hated life. auto makes me prone to txt and drive and browse my phone because i get bored driving, with manual i avoid that since im constantly shifting ( do little high way miles) at the end of the day its just a preference, but as far as im concerned, a sports car, specially muscle car, needs a proper manual.