There are, admittedly, more than the average share of automotive stereotypes about Subaru WRX owners — and, to be honest, some of them are true. We here at Road & Track are willing to overlook them, however — because if nothing else, WRX buyers are manual transmission devotees.

Earlier this year we asked every automaker with manual offerings how many buyers chose three pedals, and the WRX was far and away the car with the highest manual take rate. The on