I’ll be that one weird guy.

Not one of you has remembered the late great Cadillac CT6-V Blackwing V8?

Porsche 718 Spyders with manual transmission.

Alfa Romeo Giulia in Quadrifoglio spec. 500+hp with the bugs finally worked out of them.  Already rarish to begin with so as a few self immolate and others are trashed/crashed/abused over the years, there should be a healthy niche for them.

Aging very well? You may need to get your eyes checked.

I’d buy as Accord V6 6MT Coupes as I could before people caught on

718 GTS 4.0..... Manual

Special cars that can be had with an NA V8 or Manual Transmission
S550 Mustang Mach 1
IS500
G80 M3
C8 Z06
CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwings

GR Corolla

New car? Acura Integra Type-S. Fun, good but understated design, and lots of heritage to pull from for decades to come.

Any manual performance car and bonus points for manuals mated to naturally aspirated engines, if any still exist. An M2/3/4, Supra, or CT4/5-V or even a 911 or 918 manual are some great options. The GR Yaris is also a great choice due to its relatively low production numbers, manual, and minimal competition from other…

Obviously this is a gamble and a high risk thought exercise. So with that in mind, I’d go with BMW i3. A good condition car in 25 years is going to be a very distinct and unique look at early EVs. There will be a million Teslas still and they all looked the same for well over 10-15 model years. Plus an i3 in decent…

The manual BMW Z4. I believe it’s only going to be available for a year or so, after a long run of automatic-only, so it’ll have the rarity factor when the time comes.

Manual 2018 GTI S

The answer to me is simple. GMA T-50, manual, rare and NA V12 with a 12,100 rpm redline.  It SCREAMS when you mash the fun pedal. If it’s anything like the McLaren F1 it’s pretty much a no brainer. Not only will you win pretty much any cars and coffee, it will probably be the most valuable car by a huge margin.

Basked solely on that Chevy Astro that was featured here yesterday, I'm gonna say Toyota Sienna.

Fiat 500L 6-speed manual. Listen, it actually ticks every box - it’s ugly in only-your-mother-could-love kind of ways, it’s very quite rare (for a good reason), rather misunderstood and way better than any auto-journos gave credit for. It’s way more Fiat-like than any modern Fiat. It’ll have very limited appeal in the…

2025 CT5 V Blackwing Le Monstre

All the forbidden fruit, M3 Touring, Golf R Wagon, M140i 3 Door, GR Yaris, French hot hatches. If it has to be USDM it has to be a CT5V Blackwing

I’m thinking that the 6-speed manual Miata that I just bought might do a good job of retaining it’s value over the next 25 years (2024 ND3 model, possibly the last significant update before a new platform incorporates some sort of electrical complexity), but by then I’ll be in my late 70s and probably not worried if…