I'm definitely waiting for the six-speed manual, to be mated to either a 6.1 L or a bigger motor. I already have an automatic '02 Impala as a beater/daily driver to take me through the "lazy" high stress weekdays in L.A traffic. I love automatics for their convenience and pure manual transmissions for the thrill and skill needed to properly operate them. Incidentally, I have a question: if Dodge already did the R & D for the six-speed, as plainly evident in their concept Challenger, why are they putting the manual transmission version off until at least the '09 production year???