Thread: What was the first car to NOT have a manual transmission as an option?
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Old 01-22-2019, 04:47 PM
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What was the first car to NOT have a manual transmission as an option?
I know what many consider the first full automatic transmission the hydramatic came out in 1940 models. I also know that when the front wheel drive olds Toronado came out in 1966 the automatic transmission was so popular that GM didn't bother to make a manual to fit the unique drive train of the Unitized Power Package... From what I've read my Lincoln Mark V didn't have a manual option either.

What I wonder is what model and year car was first to not offer the option of a manual.
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