Yeah, I get it, most technological breakthroughs that materialized on the automotive scene in recent years were dictated by a bunch of variables. Most of those variables revolve around legislation, fluctuations in market demand or were simply caused by trigger-happy bean-counters in search of a quick buck.
In other words, I don't believe in a conspiracy whose aim is to populate our roads and parking lots with crossovers that only come with automatic transmissions. Not to mention that some of those are about to drive by themselves in a couple of years or so anyway. That said, I think that most carmakers have slowly started to exaggerate a bit with the mass introduction of features which, either directly or indirectly, take away from the joy of driving.
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