linky
Sorry i have no idea on the US model trim versions, but i have an auto and it's great, shifts silky smooth in auto and only a little harsher in sport mode.
god i love it to bits, and it's less likely to have been thrashed as well, from my own experience of 18 years of stick shifts as i believe you call them, i used to take them into the redline and shift just before hitting the limiter.
Cant do that anymore!