It’s been a while since Jaguar offered a stick shift in any of their cars here in the United States—the last manual Jag we can recall here is the XJ220, though our brains also keep distracting themselves with the mental image of Austin Powers nutting himself on his E-Type’s gearshift. But the drought will soon be over: Jaguar brand director Adrian Hallmark said the car maker will be bringing back the manual gearbox in the near future. (more…)

Reports of Porsche’s desire to troll the enthusiast community by only offering the 991-series 911 GT3 with a PDK transmission may have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new rumor. Oh, how we hope that’s true. (more…)