manual and all gears seem very posative infact when i bought it the gearbox was a real positive, i really like the feel of it though the bight on the clutch is quite a way up i prefer in on the floor me self, slight race bearing noise but nothing drastic and no shuder when it was working so it seems a power issue though this SPEED SENSOR seems interesting no idea it had one of those in fact the whole car seems covered in them (03 IS A NEW CAR FOR ME )..........THE NEW FORD SENSOR