Heck, any manual gearbox now-a-days is a theft deterrent, youngin's and thieves can't drive 'em.
True story. Young girl was forced by 3 thugs at knife point to get back in her car, go to her bank and they told her they would rape her. They took her keys and soon realized the Honda car was lurching when they tried to start it because it had a MT. First guy bailed from the plan. Other 2 guys forced girl to drive them to an ATM and withdraw money. She undid her seat belt to use the ATM and only pretended to click it back in place. Then when she had a chance she bailed out of the car at a stop light and left the 2 thugs in the car. The manual transmission and her smart thinking saved her life.
