[Dave92270]

Certain chance could be the fact that GM is trying to export H3's to Europe (and elsewhere), and over there manual transmissions are very common. Also, gas is still much more expensive overseas I believe, so the manual transmission would be a good selling point in my opinion - however, not sure how much the potential buyers worry about gas milage if they can afford to buy (and insure) the H3 at the first place; I assume that with smart driving the 5-speed manual gets much better milage then 4-speed auto, right?