The number of new mainstream models that are manuals has more than halved in six years, with Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar and Lexus no longer offering showroom models.
It won’t have escaped your attention that consumer demand for new electric cars has fallen off a cliff lately. And it isn’t just new cars – with the market oversupplied, values of second-hand EVs are dropping fast too, with the result that many are bucking the current trend for high used car prices.