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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by gotofritz on Thursday November 17, 2016 @03:12AM (#12975435)
Do you have any data to back up your statement?
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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by ptaipale on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:00AM (#12975687)
Huge amount of different tests. Manual gearboxes are generally more efficient, but not in all situations, and the modern dual-clutch automatic boxes outperform manual transmission in many cases.

But overall, there are hydraulic losses in classic planetary automatic gearboxes, and they are also heavier.

For instance,

http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/2012/01/save-gas-and-mone...

Personal experience: I regretted buying a Renault Laguna with automatic box. Horrible fuel economy. Even the torque lock didn't help, also highway economy was quite bad which was very surprising. Other than that, a nice car.

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