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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by wil421 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @08:31AM (#12977233)
That is absolutely untrue. Go look at EPA estimates for the same cars in Auto/Manual.

Besides, most manuals are 5 or 6 speed. I was reading about new ZF transmissions and they stated a 14% fuel efficiency gain over a standard 5 speed

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by fnj on Thursday November 17, 2016 @01:35PM (#12980072)
What is your point? Lots of automatics are 6-8 speeds now.
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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by wil421 on Thursday November 17, 2016 @04:06PM (#12981570)
My point is automatics have better fuel consumption than manuals. Especially the newer 8 speeds.
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