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The smaller-engined Passats can have a stick shift too, and you can also get the DSG on the larger engines which is technically an automated manual, if that's something that appeals to you. I'm going to guess that you don't find that the same as a real manual with foot operated clutch, but hey you never know. Might be worth trying out.
This is interesting to me, that's why I keep looking up info.
Of the cars I've mentioned the only one I've actually driven is a Mazda 6, and it had the automatic anyway. I like it well enough, had it a few times as a rental car.
Even in the Infiniti G, I don't think you can get the stick with the AWD, so another impossibility there (the G is otherwise RWD). And you actually can't get it in the G25 looks like, only comes in the G37 Sport. $$$ unless going used.
You will be able to get a manual in the new 2013 Ford Fusion SE. This has front drive and they're all 4-cyl engines anyway on this car.
I really don't need all the bells and whistles. I had a Legacy GT but the new ones are 30,000. No way I am paying that much when I could get something a little more upscale. (TSX, etc.) I would love for VW to have a GLI version of the Passat. It doesn't have to be all that sporty but it has to at least look sporty.
I really need a car with a big trunk or else I would be back to driving a GTI. Might consider a Jetta Sportwagon. I haven't looked at the new Volvo S60 so maybe that is an option.
The Mazda 6 with a manual is a good one and one of your best bets for what you are looking for. I bought a 2007 two years ago with 28k miles on it for $12,000 from Carmax and love it. It is a great driving car as a daily driver. It is a 4cyl, and get about 28-29 mpg. It actually does much better with no-ethanol gas if you can find it. Usually about a 2 mpg increase and slightly more power.
Enough not to have to certify a manual trans powertrain combo via the EPA...it's way easier to do that with a computer controlled auto trans.
Does it need to be certified separately from what they already offer in the sedan though? That was my point, it's already offered in the sedan. Maybe each body style is certified separately, I'm not familiar with the regs, but AFAIK the powertrain is not different in the different body styles.
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