Death manual transmission

 · With the arrival of the Ram Heavy-Duty came the death of the manual transmission option in North American diesel pickups. To be fair, the writing was on the wall for years with Ford having dropped out of the game in ’11 and GM doing the same five years prior.  · According to car experts and trends, less and less cars will have the option of a manual transmission until they are extinct altogether. In fact, many believe that by the end of this decade, manual transmissions will be completely dead. In the United States, gas-powered vehicles have been moving away from clutches for www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins.  · The Death of The Manual Transmission If you listen really hard at night, sometimes you can hear it coming all the way from Detroit. That's right, the swan song of the manual transmission can be heard all the way down here in San www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 3 mins.

When do you anticipate this happening? Sure seems to me that manual transmissions will eventually be a thing of the past. I think it's sad. The inspiration for this thread was today's release of the Hyundai Sonata Turbo. Very impressive numbers on this car. horsepower, lbs of. The death of manual transmission is a question now facing our industry. As consumers we vote with our dollars. Are you an automatic transmission rider or manual one? Do you like to shift or want the vehicle to shift for you? Do you remember the 's Hondamatic CM/CBA/A and CBA disasters? I learned to drive on a manual transmission car, and my first 2 cars were manual transmission. Then I got lazy with driving and stayed that way. I drive an automatic now. It's a useful skill to have if you ever need to drive someone else's car and it's stick.

With the arrival of the Ram Heavy-Duty came the death of the manual transmission option in North American diesel pickups. To be fair, the writing was on the wall for years with Ford having dropped out of the game in ’11 and GM doing the same five years prior. For example, Mazda offers a manual transmission in its CX-5 SUV, but only in the base model. This lets it advertise an MSRP of $25, A CX-5 with an automatic transmission will cost $1, more. According to car experts and trends, less and less cars will have the option of a manual transmission until they are extinct altogether. In fact, many believe that by the end of this decade, manual transmissions will be completely dead. In the United States, gas-powered vehicles have been moving away from clutches for years.