Right, that's another thing I remember from the past, automatics used to be only 3 speeds, whereas a commonly-available 5-speed manual allowed better gear ratio selection. But now automatics have more speeds. My 2013 Nissan Quest minivan has a continuously-variable transmission. (The manual for that says it is not good to shift in and out of neutral while driving, which I do in my 5sp manual Golf all the time to hypermile, and even used to do in my previous Honda Odyssey minivan)