>>14331
Cool, so it's like a DCT except your response time is SLOWER from having to take your hand off the wheel, thus making it pointless!
>>14335
Sadly, there's probably a legitimate marketing reason for it. There are 3 common excuses I see for so called "car enthusiasts" getting a car with an automatic transmission
>the auto will shift faster and therefore ==go faster== than a stick shift!
Only true for paddle-shifter DCTs made in the last 5-10 years and purpose-built aftermarket dog boxes made for drag racing, otherwise this has been proven time and time again to be bullshit. Even if this were true, it proves that they only care about showing off how fast/cool their car is instead of getting it for the actual driving experience.
>I'm too scared to learn clutch so I'm just gonna get this auto car with a "manual mode"
In my experience, the auto cars that let you change gears don't hold a candle to a proper stickshift. Just do what I did and practice a bit in the parking lot where you bought it before driving it home and practicing for about an hour in an empty parking lot (preferably one with a hill). You'll probably stall it a few times during your first couple weeks of owning it even after that practice (ESPECIALLY on steep hills) but stalling the engine is no big deal because it only takes a few seconds to start it back up and put her in gear. After a month or two you'll hardly ever stall her.
>I don't want one because I live in a big city with a lot of stop-and-go traffic
The only valid excuse IMHO other than being disabled. Constant traffic lights aren't that bad but rush hour traffic is an absolute killer for you mentally when you are in a car with a clutch pedal. I sometimes see people suggest you get a second "fun" car with a proper manual when you're not commuting but chances are good that if you live somewhere that the traffic gets that bad then you don't really have the space/money for another car anyways.
tl;dr I blame the market shift on more people moving into populated cities with traffic congestion issues and on my/future generations being too pussy shit to take on anything with a learning curve that doesn't hold your hand the whole way through.