Borrowed time: When will the manual die?

[Jake]

My friend Nate bought a three-pedal Genesis G70. It's a great car to drive and frankly, I prefer it to the 3.3TT (lighter on the nose, enters a corner better) but there were a lot of BAD manuals out there in the past. With a lot of modern turbo drivetrains, automatics make more sense. I'm fine with a DCT/paddles for both street and track driving, too. Modern torque-converter boxes aren't all bad.

I'd hate to see the Mustang and Miata go two-pedal-only but I'd understand it.