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Jul 2024
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Manual Gearboxes Are Back!

Immediate Media The Top Gear Magazine Podcast
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Aston’s 110th birthday present to itself is a machine so old school it has a wooden gearlever and recycled geography teacher upholstery. Analogue heaven, or expensive anachronism? We discuss that and the rise of the expensive manual gearbox with the help of the 911 S/T, GMA T.50 and Pagani Utopia.

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