As far as automation is concerned, would anybody welcome back cars that had manual chokes and manual ignition timing adjustment? Would any of us in our modern automatic cars want to go back to manual gearboxes, and a paper map on the passenger seat?
Funny, my three cars are manual. The daily runabout I wasn’t fussed by, it just was, the Landcruiser I wanted a manual as I prefer the control off road on steep ground, and on my third I have just finished setting the points and am about to head out for some heel and toe fun. It does have synchro in the box but responds better and is more rewarding to drive assuming it doesn’t.