As the last of the 2015 Acura ILXs get sold off in the coming months, there will…

As the last of the 2015 Acura ILXs get sold off in the coming months, there will be no more manual transmissions from Honda's premium brand?

Why there are no more stick-shift Acuras
With the 2016 model year, for the first time in its 30-year history, Acura won’t offer a single manual gearbox. Here’s why.

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Melina M January 23, 2015 at 7:51 pm

It seems to me like it wouldn't be that difficult for Honda to grab some of their manual units and shoehorn them into Acuras, though, would it? I mean, if Honda did away with manuals entirely then obviously it's cost prohibitive no matter how you mix and match, but it doesn't seem to me like borrowing a few parts here and there would be all that hard.

Then again, I'm a staunch three pedal supporter, so I'm probably not the most rational person to discuss any of this with.

Sam Abuelsamid January 23, 2015 at 8:09 pm

+Melina M The problem that Honda has now is that the current crop of Acuras are close enough mechanically to Hondas to do manuals, but they are different enough that they would have to be calibrated and EPA certified separately and that's a significant expense. The problem gets multiplied for Acura dealers that have to stock extra parts and tools and with Acura volumes, it just doesn't make sense

Brian Sullivan January 23, 2015 at 8:11 pm

The days of the manual transmission are numbered. Computer technology is making auto transmissions shift faster and better than any individual can make happen (even in the hands of a race driver). I notice specs for Porsche Boxsters this year rate the PDK as faster.

Guillermo Abreu January 23, 2015 at 8:12 pm

That's sad, Honda makes one super smooth manual transmission. Now I wish I could say the same about the automatic ones.

Ryan Young January 23, 2015 at 8:44 pm

Because Acura hasn't known what its costumer's have wanted for years.

Sean Mcgirk January 23, 2015 at 10:27 pm

Sorry. A sports car is just not the same without an actual gear box. A gearbox with a computer controlled clutch is one thing eg: Ferrari. A computer controlled slush box is worthless.

Mike Woodside January 23, 2015 at 10:37 pm

Who gives a crap what a forgien company does buy American

Ryan Young January 23, 2015 at 10:37 pm

It's built in America.

Mike Woodside January 23, 2015 at 10:39 pm

But not an American company why put money in the Japanese economy

Mike Woodside January 23, 2015 at 10:41 pm

Real American buy American and keep our money here

Ryan Young January 23, 2015 at 10:45 pm

Yeah, but imports also offer jobs to Americans while the domestic offer jobs to mexico and canada.

Mike Woodside January 23, 2015 at 10:47 pm

If we people would not buy import junk the American company's would hire more people .

Logan L January 23, 2015 at 11:00 pm

The DCTs that Honda/Acura make are looking pretty fantastic so far. I bet the manuals will return when the time is right though.

+Mike Woodside?? The crazy truth is most of Hondas operations are in the US, their performance and testing centers are in Ohio, alot of their factories are in Ohio too. There are some more factories in Alabama. Their design studio is in California. All those places support the US and local economies heavily.

I've heard the Detroit Three run their operations out of Mexico. I could be wrong though.

Mike Woodside January 23, 2015 at 11:05 pm

+Logan L yea but the profits end up back in Japan maybe you unamerican people forgot all the Americans the japs killed in pearl harbor

Ryan Young January 23, 2015 at 11:11 pm

Yeah because the domestics will move all factories back to america and pay higher taxes…..keep dreaming.

Mike Woodside January 23, 2015 at 11:13 pm

+Ryan Young at least we aren't supporting peaple that killed Americans

Ryan Young January 24, 2015 at 12:09 am

And how many are directly related to the killing of Americans? Get over it. Besides our government kills people all over the world.

Mike Woodside January 24, 2015 at 12:27 am

+Ryan Young sure forget it thars easy for you unpatriotic assholes to say all them scumbag japs are the same as the ones that killed Americans at peal harbor

Mike Woodside January 24, 2015 at 12:28 am

+Ryan Young plus anyone we kill deserves it America is all ways right

Ryan Young January 24, 2015 at 12:36 am

I was in the Army for nine years. Your last comment shows how much of a sheep you are.

Agh Mejia January 24, 2015 at 3:14 am

Honda's "premium" brand. That hasn't been true for almost 20 years now.

Jonathan Washington January 24, 2015 at 5:53 am

+Mike Woodside Wow you brought all this up on a car discussion…?. Anyway i think Acura should bring the manuals back in the future, the reason i think they're getting rid of them is because their not getting any profit from them, maybe 1 out of 10 people buy a manual (in premium brand) and a business can't keep taking risks like that, the Car world has changed so they have to change with it.

Mussh Wins January 24, 2015 at 6:40 am

I just put a Synchrotec rebuilt tranny in my ep3. Carbon syncrhos and it shifts like butter.
mated to a exedy stage two, three puck clutch.
Newer Honda manuals have drive by wire throttle systems. Which is a horrible idea. Throttle hang kills the shifts. The slight hesitation when "goosing" the throttle. Both things any enthusiast will frown on.
I am not worried about what acura decides to do. if they release a new integra that I like, ill just do an engine swap on it and get any tranny I want.