Why do all the supercars have an automatic transmission?

First fact is that, not all of them have automatic transmissions. There are a few with Manual transmissions. The Viper ACR, corvette Z01, etc. read more

Supercars have different drive modes , so they have both Manual and Automatic Transmission depending on the drive modes.Most of them have a Manual Transmission , because in Race mode/Track Mode you don’t want an Automatic transmission and left behind in the race. read more

So what they do is, they devote all their resources to making a good automatic transmission, and then they spend a lot of time and money trying to convince people that the automatic is the only way to go. read more

It was a manual. Maybe the technology exists in these super cars to rival the immediate torque you can generate when driving a manual. That for me is the key. You can run gears as high as you want. You have instant torque with a manual that I have never experienced in a automatic. read more