It is not the only point that the manufacturer can charge more ... but the point is manufacturer need to have a MINIMUM order as well.. because all the cars have different different spec accross diff country.. says Honda want to bring in Honda City Manual (Malaysia Spec) .. to the country .. if the sales are like 10 unit per month .. do you think the gearbox manufacturer will deal 10 gearbox per month ? we are talking bout mass production ..

It's true. Also, manual in Europe is usually around RM 10k cheaper (or more) than auto.

My European GF prefers manual. My mother too. 2 (male) friends from Europe prefer auto, both drive DSG (Audi and Merc). I prefer manual. It's much more fun, no matter if you drive fast or not.

Maybe the dislike for manual gearboxes also comes from the cars Malaysians learn driving on? I mean, the manual gearbox inthe Myvi makes even me want to drive auto, so how bad will the Viva be?! Drive a proper conti with manual gearbox and that opinion may change.

Well. Maybe due to the restrictions non Proton brands face, they rather focus on just the Auto.
but this is not the case for Nissan, they still have Manual option for most of their cars except the high end ones.

mitsubishi mirage did bring in manual .. but lasted not long.
my fren had one...
it stop selling already.. in fact my fren got the first batch yet still need to wait quite sometime.. as the salesman told him demand too low they need to get in batches..

traffic jam on a hill sucks if driving a manual car, saw a manual car driver rev kao2 his engine while moving slowly due to traffic on a hill to avoid stalling.. auto can just let the car creep forward

Well. Let's see if the maintenance of the Auto or Manual is better.
Most drivers kill their Auto boxes in 5 years, but Manuals are much more resistant to driver destruction.
Also to rebuild a Manual box is very much cheaper than an Auto,

I drive from and back from sunway to sg buloh thru nkve everyday for work during peak hours. Uphill is not a problem for me.

Brake , first gear, move abit but don't follow so close to the front car, see front car brake, u clutch in, let the car roll to a halt, front car move some distance, release clutch and move again. Rinse and repeat .

Roll back abit is ok what. At least most cars wont follow so close on an uphill. What so difficult ? If rev 99 on a hill means either the driver not familiar with the car yet or noob driver who doesn't know how to save fuel , thus following so damn close to the front car or noob driver who doesn't realise that this can burn the clutch if done for long period of time, or the car has racing clutch which is so easy to stall the engine if don't rev high during clutch release.

I still prefer manual.

The left hand and foot always on holiday. Made me cramp

On highway I honestly prefer manual, cruising while just holding the steering is boring like hell

But when I in city and I see the jam everywhere Mother of god, give me the auto, the problematic DSG also jadi lah

Malaysian are a bunch of lazy ass

traffic jam?

yeah u go and have a one day test drive at Jakarta and experience their traffic jam for example, and still 90% of their cars are manual

100% agree!
I used to work in jakarta for like a year.. Traffic jam here n there totally no challenge..

Most car in Malaysia is auto because more people want auto car.. easy as that...

yes malaysia are lazy.. its their money and they can spend how they like it.. used to drive manual for my first car, iswara . loved playing with the gears but... driving in traffic jam.. day in day out is such a pain.. tukar lar.. i pity those who got caught in the massive balik kampung jam this raya,, if manual drivers sure gonna tukar to auto already...

The word doesnt really apply to all "sure tukar to auto already" .. Especially manual lovers..
Been driving for like 18 years.. Almost 10 years in KL jam.. Never a day i complain wanted an auto

The difference in price for the same spec is not encouraging, around RM3k, RM4k only. Make it RM10k, RM15k people will think twice. Furthermore, cheap manual cars always underspecs.

Now manual got hill assist also leh

Bcoz goverment suggest that driving school need to have auto tranmission vehicle instead of manual in their lesson.
So the candidates familiar with the auto part adi how they can drive smooth using manual.

Our driving school is probably the worst in asia

Use kancil as driving test car.

No power at all , little bit backfire

Dunno why but my skill bad, my passenger doesnt feel comfortable as Auto when i shift gears on manual car..... i notice this is not only my issue, sometimes on some taxi and other ppl manual car i also feel it.

i almost forgot that i'm driving manual even in KL, racing clutch some more