Personally I could car less about a manual tranny....make mine an autostick. I'd even accept a 5.7 hemi if it looks identical to the SRT only missing the SRT badging. I want all the stripes, scoops etc. As much as I would like the 6.1 I can do without it in order to save on the gas guzzler taxes and at the pump. This car would have to be daily transportaton afterall.