Luxury cars with a manual gearbox for sub £6k - List them

[300bhp/ton]

How many luxury high end cars can be had with a manual gearbox?


The Jag XJ40 could with the 3.6 and 4.0 engines. But they are rare (haven't seen or found one in 4 months worth of looking)

BMW 7 Series could be had with a manual on the continent, but I'm not sure which engine versions.

Jag S-Type, but only as a V6.


Are there any others in this sort of class/size of vehicle that can be had for £6k or under?

[S3_Graham]

E39 540

E60 545, might be had in budget....

[George7]

The X300 XJ6 was available with a manual transmission, and although uncommon, there's a few for sale at the moment, I've linked one below.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

[Grenoble]

Audi A6 2.7tdi and (later) the 3.0tdi.

[mmm-five]

You can get an e38 728/730/735 in manual.

You can get an Alpina B5 3.2 in manual.

[v8will]

If I were on the lookout for a high end car with a manual box I think the E39 would really be the only option I'd look at. Not that you would be spoiled for choice anyway.

What's wrong with a decent auto anyway for this type of car?

[Grenoble]

Audi Allroad 2.7T Quattro as well.

[otolith]

KISSMYGTR said:

Are these really luxury, high end cars?

Is the 5-series someone else mentioned?

OP, where are you drawing the line? 7-series, A8, S-class - or lower?

[larrylamb11]

They did a manual 928.

[CraigyMc]

S3_Graham said:

E39 540

E60 545, might be had in budget....

E39 M5 is also in budget - at least for purchasing. Care and feeding are another thing altogether.

Audi A8's (and S8's of certain ages) can be had with a 'manual box, although I can't find any.

C

[300bhp/ton]

mmm-five said:

You can get an e38 728/730/735 in manual.

As a UK model?

[Triumph Man]

I saw a 725 tds in LHD with a manual gearbox once. A weird part of me wants one. Shame they were Europe only (I went home and researched).

[Krikkit]

300bhp/ton said:

mmm-five said:

You can get an e38 728/730/735 in manual.

As a UK model?

Yarp.

[Triumph Man]

Krikkit said:

300bhp/ton said:

mmm-five said:

You can get an e38 728/730/735 in manual.

As a UK model?

Yarp.

Narp. They are both autos!

[300bhp/ton]

Krikkit said:

300bhp/ton said:

mmm-five said:

You can get an e38 728/730/735 in manual.

As a UK model?

Yarp.

Lol that would appear to be an e32 and an e65, not an e38

[The Wookie]

Range Rover P38 Diesel originally came with a manual and can probably be sourced for a fair bit less than 6k!

[TangerinePool]

Is 5 series luxury or does it lack imagine?

[farrendahl]

George7 said:

The X300 XJ6 was available with a manual transmission, and although uncommon, there's a few for sale at the moment, I've linked one below.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Dag nam it, that was pretty much exactly the car I was looking for 7 months ago but couldn't find one so ended up getting the ZT-T instead

[renrut]

v8will said:

What's wrong with a decent auto anyway for this type of car?

This.

I had a manual S-type and it was a great car to drive and could be nursed to give good mpg vs the offical figures for the auto (38mpg was my best from a tank) but drive it at all normally and you'll not get much better than the auto and tbh the manual box encouraged you to hang onto those gears a bit longer. Only advantage then is acceleration and control but I'd say thats wasted on a 'luxury' car. If I got another though I'd be looking at the supercharged V8 auto.

[300bhp/ton]

George7 said:

The X300 XJ6 was available with a manual transmission, and although uncommon, there's a few for sale at the moment, I've linked one below.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2012...

Did they do the 4.0 x300 with a manual as well (in non XJR guise?)