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Miles hands Marques a clutch, and a Miata, in Auto Focus' one upload

"Marques Finally Learns to Drive a Manual" passed 800,000 views in four days, a week after he finally tried a Hellcat.

Channel: Auto FocusStory of Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

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Can the man who has reviewed half the cars on the road drive a stick? Until this week, apparently not. Auto Focus, the car channel Marques Brownlee shares with Miles Somerville, posted one video, "Marques Finally Learns to Drive a Manual," and its description sums it up in five words: a necessary step in motoring.

Miles plays teacher, and the car is a Miata, which some viewers call a cruel choice for a beginner. The comments are a running commentary on the lesson: the eyes glued to the gear stick, a moment when Miles suspects his student has just found fifth, and a long wait for a stall. British drivers, meanwhile, keep asking how so many Americans never learn at all, and one experienced teacher lays out a step-by-step method for finding the bite point without touching the gas.

It makes a neat pair with the previous week's "Marques Finally Tries a Hellcat," another long-delayed first. That one has settled into a steady trickle, while the manual lesson is pulling in more than ten times as many views a day and has already passed 800,000. An Audi A6 e-tron review, billed as proof that boring EVs mean the good guys are winning, is still finding viewers too.

The whole channel is running at about twice its usual daily pace, and among similar-sized car channels only Exotic Rubber and Софья Темникова gained more views over the week. Junkyard Digs is also having a lively stretch, while Gears and Gasoline is on a quieter one.

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What viewers say

  • Years of watching your reviews, only to discover today that the clutch is your final boss 😂
    @ivarunSee it on YouTube
  • Marques FULLY looking down at the gear stick is sending me 😂😂😂
    @julesm1434See it on YouTube
  • I never get tired of him coming out of the bushes though😅
    @TumiNetoSee it on YouTube

Public comments from the video's page on YouTube

The videos drawing views on Auto Focus right now

Marques Finally Tries a Hellcat778,692 views Audi A6 E-Tron - Boring EVs means we're Winning!875,836 views
The facts
Channel
Auto Focus
Subscribers
1,280,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days
2,249,477
Videos published this week
1
Video published
September 29, 2026
Video views so far
811,945
Views on its first day
160,575

The numbers

Here is how Auto Focus' week looks in figures.

views gained this week, compared with similar channels
Exotic Rubber
29,580,742
Софья Темникова
16,704,637
Auto Focus
2,249,477
Junkyard Digs
1,095,832
Gears and Gasoline
578,630
ThatDudeinBlue
478,058
Saabkyle04
313,889
Rob Dahm
233,055
SOL - Supercars of London
226,597
subscribers
1,280,000
▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days
total views
181,747,288
views per day
558,462
typical day: 279,232
this week's videos (first-day views)
Marques Finally Learns to Drive a Manual
160,575
compared with similar channels (subscribers)
Gears and Gasoline
1,360,000
Junkyard Digs
1,330,000
ThatDudeinBlue
1,320,000
Exotic Rubber
1,320,000
Saabkyle04
1,310,000
Auto Focus
1,280,000
Rob Dahm
1,280,000
Софья Темникова
1,210,000
SOL - Supercars of London
1,180,000
As of October 3, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
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