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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by angerbot on Thursday November 17, 2016 @02:32AM (#12975209)
Certainly not. A modern DCT or even a regular torque converter (such as the ubiquitous ZF 8-Speed) will be faster to 60 than a manual with even the best driver by several tenths.
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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by Matthias247 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:02AM (#12975378)
That's true. A good automatic transmission will be slightly faster. However I also get his point, as most of the last-gen cars with automatic transmission were slightly slower than their manual counterparts.
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