“If you want to go faster in a modern car, shifts are faster with an automatic transmission. We listened to the customer and they said they still wanted a manual NISMO, so we did it. It’s not just a cut-and-paste of the regular manual. You’ll have a different clutch and different pressure plate to handle the extra torque on the vehicle. We’ve also tuned it so the shift stroke is shorter by about 5 or 6 millimeters. It doesn’t sound like a lot until you’re in there driving,” said Hawson. However, this is an automatic for so inclined customers – AutoCrat.