We definitely have a pro-manual transmission bias, but in the case of the Mustang GT, the manual is objectively the better transmission. The 10-speed auto is merely a slightly-better-than-average ...

As 1960s and ’70s Big Three automakers’ hot rods go, the 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 is one of ... a four-speed manual transmission, 9-inch “Trac-Lok” rearend, and other mechanical bits ...