Budster:
How would it work on a manual? Does it become an automatic for the purposes of the launch? And then what? Do you then decide to override it whenever you depress the clutch? Seems odd that if it could do that, they wouldnt market it as another form of auto box with manual override... I don't understand at all...

Exactly, how does it work? I am a huge fan of manual driving and I've been more than a little upset that the autos have been turning in better numbers as of late. One of the reasons is this (gimmick) launch control and while I know it isn't really gonna make that much of a difference in my actual driving life I am still pleased that it is (was supposed) coming to the manual.

Side note: As cheeky as your response was Budster, it was both funny and appropriate since you didn't know they had announced launch control for the manual.