This only my opinion, but, I think there is already a steady backlash against all the gizmo's on modern cars amongst car enthusiasts. Paddleshift gearboxes is one of them. Once the gizmo generation have got bored with instant speed, from little effort, they will want to have some input into their driving. Already folk are saying that new cars are so fast that you've got to be doing 100mph + in order to get any driver thrill.
I'd buy this car, enjoy it, and watch it become a thing of envy over the coming years. With more and more automation, a top end sports car, with 3 pedals, no turbo's and a wailing 7500rpm red line, will become a much coveted machine.
Look at Ford, their latest Focus RS has been launched with manual only transmission, and funnily enough , all the testers are rejoicing this decision by Ford, and openly stating that they wished other performance cars could still be had with manual transmission.
OP, get this car bought asap, whilst you can still find one. :thumb: