Every new car you can still buy with a manual transmision in New Zealand
This article provides a list of new car models still available with manual transmissions in the New Zealand market. It highlights specific performance vehicles from brands like Nissan, BMW, Honda, Mazda, and Lotus that continue to cater to driving enthusiasts.
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As manual transmissions become increasingly rare due to automation and electrification, this information is highly relevant to automotive enthusiasts and niche market buyers.
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The manual transmission has been teetering on the edge of extinction for a good couple of decades now, but it refuses to die entirely. A few manufacturers are determined to keep the venerable manual shifter alive, so here are all the brands that still offer a manual option on one or more of their models in New Zealand today.
An old-school quintessential rear-wheel-drive sports coupe, the Z packs a 3.0L twin-turbo V6 engine with a classic 6-speed manual box. The big update for 2026 is the arrival of the manual transmission for the track-ready Nismo variant (pushing out 309kW and 520Nm), which features a short-stroke gearbox and specialized performance drive modes.
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