The present invention is directed to a six-speed manual transmission (10) comprised of an input shaft (14), an output shaft (20), first and second input gears (66, 72), fixed to the input shaft (14) in mesh with first and second speed gears (68, 74), rotatably supported on the output shaft (20), third and fourth input gears (78, 84) rotatably supported on the input shaft, an output gear (88) rotatably supported on the output shaft (20) and having a third speed gear (80) meshed with the third input gear (78) and a fourth speed gear (86) meshed with the fourth input gear (84), a first transfer gear (92) meshed with the fourth speed gear (86), a second transfer gear (96), a third transfer gear (98) fixed to the output shaft (20) and meshed with the second transfer gear (96), a first clutch (100) for selectively coupling either of the first and second speed gears (68, 74) to the output shaft (20), a second clutch (112) for selectively coupling either of the third and fourth input gears (78, 84) to the input shaft (14), a third clutch (114) for selectively coupling the first transfer gear (92) to the second transfer gear (96), and a fourth clutch (116) for selectively coupling the output gear (88) to the output shaft (20).