I recall watching WRX races and those cars had shifters right next to steering wheel
Some even had shifter button on steering wheel. Maybe there is a trend...
Leon
85 Subwagen Cruiseship

12/10/02 7:05:09 AM, David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG> wrote:

>On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, george jannini wrote:
>
>>    Nothing is new.  I think that someone already mentioned that back in
>> the day, (Joel & I remember well) GM auto levers were in the dash on
>> Corvairs and Tempests for sure.  And back then, good ol' Chrysler
>> Corporation had auto push buttons located on the left side of the dash by
>> the A pillar.
>
>The new Honda Civic Si has its shift lever sticking out of the dash, even
>in the manual version.  People I've heard from who have test-driven it
>like it, because it's less of a reach from the steering wheel.
>
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