Which country has the most manual cars?

Okay, so trying to figure out which country currently has the most manual cars? Whew, that's a tough one to nail down for sure. But you know, it always makes me think back to Europe, like, back in the early 2000s. Man, that place was basically a manual transmission haven! I seem to remember reading some stats back then – something like almost 90% of cars were manual! Can you even imagine? It just blew my mind.

Especially places like Italy and Spain, they were practically all stick shift. I remember visiting a friend in Florence, and trying to find an automatic rental car? Forget about it! It felt so incredibly different from the US, where automatics are just... everywhere. It's funny, that whole era feels like a distant, almost romantic memory now, doesn't it? A simpler time for driving, maybe? I don't know, maybe I'm just being nostalgic!