Automotive Business Cockpit – July 6, 2026: Ferrari's Manual Transmission Revival, Bosch's Crisis Summit & Tesla Faces Reality

Good morning and welcome to the Automotive Business Cockpit.To kick off the week, we're diving into a highly emotional strategic shift: Ferrari is making headlines by bringing back the manual transmission—defying the industry's relentless push toward full digitalization and automation.Meanwhile, in Germany, Bosch's works council is sounding the alarm over the deepening crisis across the automotive sector, calling for an urgent government-led task force to safeguard the industry's competitiveness.We'll also examine why Tesla's AI narrative is no longer enough to overshadow the reality of slowing vehicle sales—and how an embarrassing software failure in Formula 1 is raising broader questions about the industry's growing dependence on technology.