In the US, 76% of Mazda MX-5 soft tops are sold with a manual transmission, but this number drops to 52% for the retractable hardtop RF model.
These numbers were supplied to Autoblog by Tim Olson, Mazda USA’s PR manager, a day after CarBuzz detailed the manual take rate across the American Toyota range.
Nancy Hubbell, a spokeswoman for Toyota, told CarBuzz just 33% of Toyota 86 buyers opt for the manual. A surprisingly small number for a sports coupe that’s not packing too much power.
The 86 is way ahead of other Toyota models though: Corolla (<1%), Tacoma (5%) and Yaris (5%). Source: Autoblog, CarBuzz
