"Acura confirms it will offer a six-speed manual gearbox in the '02 CL Type-S beginning this fall. A six-speed for the TL Type-S should follow by the fall of 2002. Can a manual gearbox for the nex-generation Honda Accord V6 ('03) be far behind?"

Motor Trend
August 2001
Page 25

 

I always wondered why there never was a manual in the accord v6s.

 

Argh...this means a 14-16 month wait before the manual TL-S will be available to us. Hmmm...now I'm not sure about what to do. Buy the TL-S now? Or hang onto my trusty old Saturn and buy the TL-S manual in a year?

 

Is is possible to swap out the tranny from auto to 6 speed when it is available? It probably is possible but cost so much that it is not worth doing it. Probably cost the same as trading in the car for a 6 speed.

Who needs 6 speed in traffic anyways? We are not using TLs for racing...

 

Depends on who you talk to.