well, i was looking to get the v6 6spd, but my friends dad is a manager at a dealership and he told me they were only getting one and they were going to sell that one on ebay for an amount which i couldn't afford. i needed a new car soon for the winter and i didn't want to wait until they mass produced the v6 6spd later in 2k3, early 2k4, so i opted to just get the i4 5spd. i would have gone v6, but i wanted the manual trans.