‘No reason to delete it at this point’: Kia Australia to persist with manual transmissions

Kia Australia plans to continue offering manual transmissions, despite preparing to axe the most affordable manual variants of its Kia Stonic city SUV.Kia Australia says it will persist with the manual transmission “if there’s still demand for it”, despite declining sales and preparing to cut the gearbox type from its Kia Stonic city SUV.Kia Australia’s General Manager of Product and Training, Roland Rivero, told Drive the decision to standardise a 1.0-litre turbo engine