Originally Posted by Jeffblue

not to turn this into an AT/MT debate, but i think the fact that they do not offer a manual transmission on a single mercedes vehicle shows the kind of market they are catering to. porsche bmw and audi all offer manual gearboxes. mercedes doesn't. I'm not saying that people who get automatics are grandma's by ANY means, if thats what you want, then fine, but you don't see many grandmas driving a stick. and since thats who mercedes is trying to sell to, why offer it?