>> I did drive an early Renault five with the gear lever coming out of the
>> dashboard. That felt perfectly natural. I wonder why the concept was abandoned?
IIRC it was a 'characteristic' of having the engine installed longitudinally rather than transversely. The 4 and 6 were similar. As with column changes there was a gradual move to floor change as one went up the trim range.
Mum replaced her Mini with a 5 in 1978. I think it was TL and was a four speed with a floor change.
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