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The Three-Pedal Insurgency: Inside Ferrari and McLaren's Shock Manual Revival

At the digitally-saturated spectacle of Monterey Car Week, Maranello and Woking stunned the world by resurrecting the manual gearbox. But re-engineering a modern hypercar for an analog experience is a high-stakes gamble on the very soul of driving.

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At the digitally-saturated spectacle of Monterey Car Week, Maranello and Woking stunned the world by resurrecting the manual gearbox. But re-engineering a modern hypercar for an analog experience is a high-stakes gamble on the very soul of driving.

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