I've just been reading an article on a US Audi website and saw this interesting way of describing a manual gearbox. It referred to it as a "shift-it-yourself six-speed with a third pedal".
Haven't Audi announced that the US will be getting the 2.0TFSI engine with quattro and S-tronic? Just shows the power of the American market. Never been offered in any other country but because Americans don't like 'proper gears', all of a sudden they develop it.