I went back to Jamie's Post about the new 5 speed in the New Products forum here on Moparts.

His post is dated December 01 of 2010. This is a direct quote "Well,
We are progressing well. The unit will be known as the A-855 5 Speed. We will be debuting the unit at the PRI show next week in Orlando. We are located at Booth 1112. "

Last I checked today is September 10, 2013.

Almost a 3 year lead in time from announcement to actual product hitting the streets. Granted this thread has played out on its own and we do not need to beat on this horse here as well.........

The point is Jamie announced the 5 speed December 2010 nobody forced him to do it. So technically he started the fire and the customer base fanned the flames to keep it burning.

So to further modify the question......

When the Passion 5 speed is available will there still be a reason to buy a 6 speed T56 or other variant for an old Mopar handling/street car?