[Chrysler300] Insurance question relating to letter cars

["John Lyons" <John@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Merry Christmas club!

Insurance question for any of the long-time members or anyone who might have
known an insurance person selling car insurance in the 1960's:

When did the insurance companies start to charge a premium for a stick shift
cars vs. an automatic?  My understanding is that in the '60's, it was
standard practice for the insurance industry to surcharge an owner for
having a muscle car mated with a manual tranny and NOT charge them if it was
a factory automatic.  I am trying to find out when this practice started,
and how long it lasted for.

Follow up question:  What was the insurance industry's 'official' reasoning
for this?

Any ideas?

Thanks!

John



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