Manual transmission models are getting harder and harder to sell, it is an indisputable fact, and most of the manual transmission models of new cars sold on the market today are sold to consumers with operational needs, and the real family buys manual transmissions for their own use less and less. Affected by this, many car companies have no longer launched manual models.
Looking through the current automobile market, among the medium and large cars and large cars, there is no manual transmission model, among the intermediate cars, there are also Beijing U7, Besturn B70, Baojun RC6 few three cars are also equipped with manual transmissions, compact cars, there are 49 models equipped with manual transmission models, accounting for less than half. At present, most of the manual models are concentrated in low-end models, and the main group is those who do not have a small budget.
Why are car companies reluctant to produce manual models?
The biggest reason is that no one bought, if the manual car still has a large market, the car company has no reason to cut off the financial road, according to data statistics, the current manual transmission model in the commercial sale of new cars has accounted for less than 15%, throw away taxis and online car, the real use of household manual transmission model How much?
In the case of low sales, if the car company increases the version of the manual transmission, in fact, it may also be necessary to paste money, because compared with the automatic transmission model, the manual transmission model needs to be adapted and adjusted separately, and the money earned from selling the car may not be enough to adjust the money that the manual transmission model needs to spend, which is not profitable, which is the biggest reason why the car company abandons the manual transmission model.
Why are Chinese people reluctant to buy manual transmissions?
If it was put to 10 years ago, the Chinese people preferred to choose manual transmission, because at that time, the advantages of manual transmission were indeed very large.
At that time, the automatic transmission technology was not mature, and most of the automatic transmissions on the market were 4AT, with high fuel consumption, which was on average 20% higher than that of manual transmission models. Maintenance costs are high, and tens of thousands of kilometers require transmission oil change. There is no advantage in terms of driving experience, and the frustration of shifting gears is more obvious.
But now, with the continuous development of automatic transmission technology, the former 4AT has developed to 8AT, 9AT and even 10AT, a variety of CVT and dual-clutch transmissions emerge in an endless stream, the gap between fuel economy and manual transmission is already minimal, plus a lot of automatic transmissions, can do lifelong maintenance-free, in terms of maintenance costs, and the gap between manual transmissions is getting smaller and smaller. The most critical is the price, the previous automatic transmission model is more expensive than the manual transmission is tens of thousands, but now the difference between the automatic transmission model and the manual transmission model is mostly around 10,000 yuan, and the automatic transmission model is no longer so high and unattainable.
And the so-called manual transmission has driving fun, has also been overtaken by automatic models, most of today's automatic transmission models are hand-integrated gearbox, can manually control the gear, many dual-clutch gearbox shift speed only need less than 0.2 seconds, no matter how experienced the old driver, can not do such a fast shift speed.
The advantages of manual transmission are getting smaller and smaller, but the shortcomings of manual transmission are constantly magnified, and now the number of motor vehicles in the mainland has reached 390 million, whether it is a first-tier city or a small county, the peak period is blocked, in this case, opening a manual transmission is completely a torture.
Not to mention the manual transmission, the era of pure fuel vehicles is coming to an end
If the above reasons are only the decline in the share of manual transmissions, then the wave of new energy is the last straw to kill manual transmissions.
Whether it is pure electric models, hybrid models, range extender hybrids, hydrogen fuel vehicles, manual transmission models are difficult to use, the wave of new energy is huge, unstoppable, under the more and more stringent emission policies, pure fuel vehicles will be less and less, car companies have to use hybrid methods to reduce fuel consumption. Therefore, the current trend is that the proportion of small cars pure electrification, such as Hongguang mini EV, hybridization above the compact level, such as Qin PLUS DM-i, Accord hybrid, and the proportion of manual transmission will continue to shrink until it disappears from the historical stage of family cars
Of course, the manual transmission will continue to shine for a period of time on commercial vehicles, until hydrogen fuel trucks and electric buses are popular, which will be stronger than the family car field for a period of time, but eventually it will be eliminated, which is the inevitable of history, so if you like the driving experience of the manual transmission, you can only say and open and cherish it.