If automatics are supposedly equal to manual transmissions for performance why won't you see an auto in the top race cars? Would there ever be a slush-box in an Enzo, Lamborghini, Carerra GT, or any new Ferrari for that matter? Look how performance/image would be viewed if they mandated autos for NASCAR. Man-trans personify performance and to have a slush-box in a perfromance car is destroying the performance & image. I have a man-trans in my 06 X and it just feels more like I'm a part of my X.