Is it at all possible to find one of these with a manual transmission

>>17509060
No, it's always been automatic only in North America.

>>17509060
Why? Why would you want a manual transmission in what's essentially a work truck?

>>17509356

I can understand that for the US where knowing how to drive is a novelty, but everywhere else in the world an automatic work vehicle is a novelty.

>>17509371
The question remains: fucking why?

There's no joy in driving a 2L diesel van, why would you want a manual?

>>17509356
>>17509371
>USA basic = Automatic
>Europe basic = Manual

we been through this before people.

You want a manual transit connect? Replace the tranny.

>>17511220

Fuel economy, reliability, simplicity, older automatics are also slugish as all hell.

>>17511820
>doing something is more simplistic than doing nothing

k

Oh boy another 'European can't afford the automatic so he hates it' episode

>>17511836
Mechanically...

You must be "full" retard. Literally fuck yourself

>>17511836
>it's easier for my simpleton mind to shift to D rather than use a clutch so that must mean an auto is simpler and more reliable than a manual

>>17512160

Honestly, if you have ever seen a "skilled" American driver using a manual transmission you too would purchase a whole fleet of automatics to prevent having your mechanics constantly plucking gear teeth from the gearbox sump

>>17509111
Really? I sat in a manual transmission version at the Pittsburgh auto show in 2007.

>>17509356
>Why would you want a manual transmission in what's essentially a work truck?

Not the same but it infuriates me that Ford and GM don't offer manual transmissions in their 3/4 or 1 ton diesel pickup trucks anymore. I hate towing or hauling heavy loads with automatic transmissions and they tend to crap out at 100k-150k miles when the trucks are actually used for that purpose regularly.

>>17509060
I've only driven fleet Transits that had the automatic with manual mode. Manual is handy for when the truck is loaded up with heavy and awkward items

>>17512211
It wasn't until a couple years after that they went on sale in North Murika - as automatic only.