Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transmissions

Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by problems on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:31AM (#12977702)

These can be pretty inaccurate in my experience. It's annecdata, but my brother's Corolla is rated at 6.7 L/100km on highway for the manual, but he had no problem getting 5.6 L/100km in reality. 16% less than claimed on a 10 hour drive.

I think they may be vastly underestimating manual drivers ability to optimize this.

EDIT: Actually on the US site the Auto is rated for 6.9 L/100km, 7.1 L/100km on the manual. The Canadian NRCAN rated it 6.7 L/100km.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by luma on Thursday November 17, 2016 @11:53AM (#12979076)

Everyone feels like they are a better-than-average driver.

The EPA has a standard testing regime, and modern automatic transmissions nearly always score at parity or slightly better than the manual option mounted to the same vehicle.

Interestingly, this is also true for things like 1/4 mile times. "Muscle car" guys hate this, but if you look at the numbers, a modern automatic transmission is both more efficient and more performant than the manual option.

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Re:Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual transm... by jdhawk on Thursday November 17, 2016 @09:39AM (#12977773)

42 mpg, 50.4mpg

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