A Petition is Up Online Calling for a Manual Gearbox in All Ford Bronco Variants

The story has been told near, far and wide: the manual transmission is losing ground across the industry, based on a mediocre sales record in recent years. While it's true demand has cratered, automakers are doing nothing to boost its popularity, as they often only offer it with basic versions stripped of the equipment consumers are looking for.

We could discuss this strategy at length, in fact we have, on more than one occasion. We’ll leave it lie this time.

However, there’s no denying the popularity of this type of transmission among those who like and engaged driving experience, whether in a sports car or an SUV - especially the kind designed to go off-road.

Like the Ford Bronco, for example.

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