what do you call a manual car?

Question

what do you call it...i've heard people call them straight gear and i've heard it called standard

Answer 1

all of those are ok......there is also "stick shift"

Answer 2

Back in the old days they were called standard or stick shift. Now nearly every car comes standard with an automatic transmission, so now standard would be automatic. There are 3 types of transmissions today, Manual shift, automatic shift, and one some call Auto-Stick. You can put the auto-stick and drive and forget it or you can shift it through the gears manually.

Answer 3

Most people in my area just call it a 5 speed. It is a car with a manual transmission, the "straight eights" were years ago, and "standard" is also an old expression.

Answer 4

And "old school" term is "standard transmission" simply because manual transmissions where the STANDARD transmission. Automatic transmissions were not even an option until the 1950's I believe. (I think Cadillac was the pioneer of the auto...)

Answer 5

I think what you mean is in terms of conversation. Most Americans drive autos so when given a manual transmission car, the question is "Can you drive a stick-shift?" or "Can you handle a stick?" or something like that...

Answer 6

I call them a straight stick,stick shift ,manual or standard .

Answer 7

I just call it a car with a manual transmission. Not a specific name for the car, just like if it had an automatic.

Answer 8

stick shift?

manual?

5 speed? (or whatever)

non-automatic.

standard is pretty standard