Driven: 2015 Volkswagen Polo GTI, Now with a Stick Shift

Since German engineers seemingly have perfected the automatic transmission with quick shifting times and ever more gears, it seems they’ve been on a crusade to extinguish the manual gearbox. Even one of the quintessential hot hatches, VW’s not-for-the-U.S. Polo GTI, lost its stick shift after 2009, when a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic became standard equipment. READ MORE ››

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