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Text丨Ukiyo Qinghuan
Editor丨Ukiyo Qinghuan
Since the advent of the car as a means of transportation, it has been warmly sought after, after hundreds of years of development, its performance is getting stronger and stronger, and there are also automatic transmission cars, which are constantly eliminating traditional manual transmission cars.
However, the strange thing is that most people buy a car to test their driver's license for automatic transmission, but manufacturers are still producing manual transmissions, and insiders tell the truth.
So what is the reason for this phenomenon, and will automatic transmissions completely replace manual transmission cars in the future?
The rise of automatic transmission cars
In today's society, the importance of the car is self-evident, it is one of the most important means of transportation, but also the most flexible means of transportation, and is deeply loved by the majority of consumers.
Since the world's first car came out more than 100 years ago, its future development direction has been manual transmission, and it was not until the late part of the last century that automatic transmission cars became popular.
However, at that time, the automatic transmission car technology was not too mature, and most people chose manual transmission, especially for the mainland, the automobile industry developed late, and the automatic transmission was only popularized for more than ten years.
At that time, after decades of development, the technology of automatic transmission cars has been quite mature, and it has become the first choice for people to buy cars, and manual transmission has been phased out.
Nowadays, manual transmission cars are very rare, and the manual transmission cars running on the road are either taxis or some many years old cars, and few people will buy manual transmissions.
In addition, there are also C2 driver's licenses in driving schools, special automatic car driver's licenses, and many young people or some girls in the city will directly choose automatic transmission when they take the driver's license.
Compared with manual transmission, the automatic transmission driver's license also has certain advantages, without clutch, the operation of the car will be more convenient, the difficulty of learning is reduced, and the time required is also reduced.
It is an extremely time-consuming thing to take the driver's license test, often a month or two, during which you have to often practice driving and learn automatic transmission, which greatly shortens the time spent on the driver's license.
It is also because automatic transmission learning is relatively simple and the time spent is short, and many driving schools will reduce the cost of automatic transmission driver's license as appropriate, which is hundreds or even thousands of yuan lower than similar manual transmission driver's licenses.
The development trend of automatic transmission cars has become unstoppable, except for a group of loyal users of manual transmission cars, the rest of the car buyers, almost all will choose automatic transmission cars, especially in urban areas.
Some of today's popular cars are all automatic, there are almost no manual transmissions, and the customers of automatic transmission cars are also fixed. There are only driving schools, taxis, and the older generation of drivers, as well as some rural families, who buy manual transmissions because they don't have enough budget to buy a car.
However, the strange thing is that this is the phenomenon in the early years, a few years have passed, the automatic transmission technology is becoming more and more mature, but the loyal customers of the manual transmission have not decreased, and even the manufacturers are still producing manual transmissions, why is this?
Advantages of manual transmission cars
After all, manual transmission cars have a history of more than 100 years, and although the technology of automatic transmission cars is very mature today, it still cannot be compared with manual transmission cars.
It can be said that almost all of the major repair shops that repair gearboxes are automatic transmissions, like the more common CVT and dual-clutch transmissions, and their stability is relatively poor.
Even the AT gearbox, which has the best stability in the automatic transmission, is far from being compared with the manual transmission, and it can be said that the manual transmission car drives for a lifetime, even if the engine fails, the gearbox is difficult, and the stability is very good.
This is also due to the fact that the structure of the manual transmission is relatively simple, and there are no electronic components in it, the simpler the thing, the longer the service life, and similarly, even if the manual transmission is broken, it is cheaper to repair.
Not only is the maintenance cheap, even the later maintenance is also very cheap, the maintenance of the general automatic transmission is more frequent, in addition to the dry double clutch, the transmission oil used is also very much, which is several times that of the manual transmission.
Not only does it require more oil, but the quality of the oil is also high, and the price will rise, which leads to the fact that when replacing the automatic transmission oil, the manual transmission may only need to cost hundreds of yuan, while the automatic transmission will reach thousands of yuan.
This is also the reason why most taxis are manual transmission cars, which are very durable, do not worry too much about transmission problems, taxis run more mileage, and spend less money on the maintenance of the gearbox.
It is even said that some taxis do not maintain the gearbox at all, and they are always used, and even then there are few problems, which saves a lot of money.
In terms of vehicle price, manual transmission cars also occupy an absolute advantage, and vehicles of the same level, general manual transmission cars are tens of thousands cheaper than automatic transmission cars. For those who don't have a sufficient budget to buy a car, manual transmission is undoubtedly the best choice.
In addition to these, in terms of daily gasoline consumption, manual transmission cars also consume less than automatic transmission cars. As the name suggests, manual transmission relies on manual gear shifting, while automatic transmission is the car control system to select the appropriate gear according to the current engine speed and car speed.
In this regard, the manual active shift operation is much more sensitive than the automatic gear shift, and at the same speed, some unnecessary gasoline combustion can be reduced.
Especially for some old drivers, they can accurately grasp the timing of gear change based on years of driving experience, and in the long run, they can save a lot of fuel costs.
Even for some novice drivers, driving a manual transmission car is more fuel-efficient than an automatic transmission car, and you may not see anything in a short time, and the gap is very obvious after a long time.
It can be seen that automatic transmission cars bring convenience at the same time, but also bring high costs, while manual transmission cars are more cumbersome, but the cost in many aspects is relatively low, so manufacturers still continue to produce.
In addition to the cost of using a car, there is another important reason, which is driving safety. You know, no matter how today's car develops, how fast it is, and how comfortable it is, it is still a means of transportation, and the most basic value is daily transportation.
And for the means of transportation, speed and safety are undoubtedly the most important, in terms of speed, the difference between manual transmission cars and automatic transmission cars is not much, and due to the structure, the transmission efficiency of manual transmission cars is better than that of automatic transmission cars.
It can be said that under the same configuration, the manual transmission car is better than the automatic transmission car in terms of starting speed and acceleration. And in terms of safety, manual transmission cars also have advantages that automatic transmission cars do not have.
Owners with manual transmission licenses know that manual transmission cars have a clutch for gear switching, and if you want to upshift to pursue faster speed, you also need to press the clutch pedal to disconnect the gear first.
If you encounter a dangerous situation, the owner is in a hurry and it is easy to use the accelerator as a brake, in this case, the automatic transmission car will fly out, and the engine of the manual transmission car will roar, but the speed can not be improved.
And in a hurry, people will use both feet at the same time, step on the brake with the left foot, and the leftmost part of the manual transmission car is the clutch, which will step on the clutch and directly disconnect the gear, and the power cannot be transmitted.
It is also because of the troublesome operation of the manual transmission, the speed is fast, and it is loved by many car friends, which is the driving experience that the automatic transmission does not have, and in the process of driving, it is not easy to be sleepy because of the use of footsteps.
In some special scenarios, manual transmission cars also have natural advantages, such as when climbing, they can be artificially downshifted, so as to increase the engine speed, thereby increasing the wheel torque and improving the climbing ability. When overtaking, you can also downshift and increase speed to increase the speed of the car and achieve rapid overtaking.
The car starts by starting the battery to provide the energy needed for starting, and some batteries can not start normally after a long time, or after being parked for a long time, the internal power is low.
At this time, the automatic transmission car must call for rescue and ask someone to help, while the manual transmission car can be started by dragging the cart, which is very applicable in some special situations.
epilogue
From the above comparison of manual transmission cars and automatic transmission cars, it is not difficult to see that although automatic transmission cars have been very common, it is not yet possible to completely eliminate manual transmission cars, and manual transmission cars still have a group of loyal customers.
Even if new energy vehicles occupy the automobile market in the future, I believe that fuel vehicles will not be completely eliminated, and manual transmission vehicles will not be completely eliminated, but the market is getting smaller and smaller, and fewer and fewer people are buying.
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