What Manual Car.

[Snowboy]

Powerful Engine.
A bit of luxury.
4 seats, decent boot - saloon, hatch or estate.
Rear Wheel Drive

I can get this with most mercs or Lexus.

But, the tricky bit is I want a manual gearbox.
(Oh, and I don't want a BMW)

Budget it up to 30k.
New or used.

What's the closest I can get to a v12 engine mated to an s2000 gearbox in a big Merc Saloon body.

To clarify - by Manual I mean I want a clutch.
None of this flappy paddly business.
I want to change gear; not ask the car to change gear for me.

Edited by Snowboy on Thursday 21st August 17:55

[Snowboy]

I'm happy to drop my budget.
But I still want a bit of luxury.

[Snowboy]

BorkFactor said:

Vauxhall VXR8?

Can I ask why not a BMW? They made a manual E60 550i which would be great, or even an E90 335i?

I just don't like them.
I could list reasons why, but it'd derail the thread.

[Snowboy]

I've owned BMW's in the past, and I've worked for BMW.
The cars just don't float my boat.

I'm not bashing BMW, I wouldn't criticise someone else for having one, I just don't want one myself.

Please don't derail the thread about me not wanting one.

A Porsche is tempting - but they might be a bit small apart from the panamera.

[Snowboy]

Merc still does manuals - but only up to 1.8 petrol or 2.0 diesels (roughly speaking).
Anything with balls or with an amg tag is auto.

Lexus haven't done a manual since about 05.

A search on auto trader far manual jags gives no great joy.

I really had no idea that manuals were so hard to find.

[Snowboy]

lickatysplit said:

out of interested, have you looked at an Infiniti?

I have not.
Any particular model?