In most cases today, if you want a manual trans equipped car, you have to order it from scratch as dealers typically don't stock them. Well, we live in the world of instant gratification, so most people don't want to wait 8 weeks to get their car, so they settle for an automatic on the lot, even if manual was really their first preference. And then the sales numbers come in and the manufacturer concludes that "manuals don't sell", so they discontinue them altogether. Ehh...