His E55 AMG was shipped directly from Europe and IS a manual transmission. He has some aftermarket stuff done to it by some company (I'll ask him which and what was done). He didn't mention anything about his manual tranny, because like heezy said, I thought all AMGs come with auto. Perhaps he got his tranny done by someone? Or do they make a manual in Euro version? And if he did replace auto for manual, perhaps this is why he didnt completely smoke me? =) I will findout asap!