[quicklime]

The article does mention Toyota’s one.

On the point about manual transmissions (or simulations thereof) not being “useful”, I think you’re approaching it from the wrong perspective. The people that want them enjoy using them, not unlike how horse riders like riding horses. I guess you could say that horses are “useless” too since cars exist, but that would be missing the point.

[welferkj]

But, to stretch the analogy, this is basically a car poorly imitating the mechanical operation of a horse, and limiting its own performance to do so.

[jaredhallen]

Right, and horses are not obsolete in all applications. There are still a number of cases where they're the best tool for the job.