The death of the manual, naturally aspirated sportscar has been called early for many years. In 2013, when McLaren, Porsche, and Ferrari released their “holy trinity” of hypercars, all of which were hybrids, it seemed like the beginning of a new era. Yet, a few brilliant, passionate engineers have kept it going. At the highest end, you have Gordon Murray — the genius behind the F1 — whose new GMA brand has exclusively released small, extremely light cars, powered by naturally aspirated V10 engines. Their second car, the T30, was to have an automatic option, but had to cancel the option after only three customers chose it over the manual.