Why are there fewer and fewer cars with manual transmissions? In the early days, even luxury cars such as Audi A6 and BMW 5 Series had manual transmissions to choose from, but now everyone's car purchase budget is only more than 100,000 yuan, and it is very difficult to buy a manual transmission model. The manual transmission family cars that can be bought now are basically entry-level versions that cost tens of thousands of yuan, and sometimes you even have to wait if you want to buy a manual transmission model. So why are there fewer manual transmission models now? Is it because it is not welcomed? Today, Tutu will analyze several of the key reasons with you.
First of all, because of the change of the entire car environment, in the early years, there were many manual transmission cars, because the automatic transmission technology at that time was not mature enough, and the automatic transmission was still a high-end product, and the average consumer could not afford to install it on the family car. The second is that there were fewer cars on the road at that time, and everyone drove a manual transmission on the road without being so congested, and even at that time, a few traffic lights could not be found in a city, so it was very smooth to open a manual transmission, and there was no need to worry about traffic jams and frequent gear changes.
But now the automatic transmission car is becoming more and more popular, the technology has made great progress, the quality has been improved and the cost has been reduced, in terms of cost, it is not much higher than the manual transmission, and ordinary consumers can afford automatic transmission. Moreover, coupled with the popularity of automobiles in China, there are more and more vehicles on the road, and traffic jams have become commonplace. Especially for some people who work from 9 to 5, the lack of frequent gear changes on the commute is more tangible than the driving pleasure and handling pleasure of some so-called manual transmissions.
Another point is that now the entire automobile market is also transforming to electrification and intelligence, early models rarely have too many intelligent configurations on the whole vehicle, the car is used to drive, used to travel, there is a radio to listen to a radio, or can play a CD plug in a U disk to listen to a song, which is basically a good configuration. However, the current car is getting closer and closer to a mobile intelligent terminal, various driving assistance functions, etc., and the realization of these configurations, the most basic requirement is to have an automatic transmission to achieve.
For example, automatic parking in place, if it is a manual transmission model, it must not be realized, and it is not realistic to control the manual transmission to operate it by computer. Therefore, some of the current intelligent and technological configurations, the basic requirements are to be built on the automatic transmission, and even the current new energy electric vehicles have given up the gearbox, not to mention the manual transmission. When the automobile develops to a certain era, the entire configuration and basic requirements must also be developing and improving.
Another point is the addition of face, especially for our people, whether we admit it or not, buying a car actually has a part of the face in it, to put it bluntly, if you can afford BBA, you will definitely not choose a car worth tens of thousands of dollars, some friends may say that for low-key people will choose, but not to mention that there can be a few such low-key people, even if there is, people will not only have this car.
As for manual transmission, because in the early days, automatic transmission did represent a more expensive model, so even until now, everyone still has the concept of price disparity between manual transmission and automatic transmission, and automatic transmission is more expensive than manual transmission models, and it is also more advanced.
The last point is that for automobile manufacturers, automobile manufacturers are actually businessmen in essence, businessmen must be profit-seeking, manual transmission car market is small, no consumer pays, which means that the production cost is high and the profit margin is low, not to mention that it is sold cheaply, the profit margin is not as large as the automatic transmission, and the production scale is small. For industrial production, we all know that the larger the scale, the lower the apportioned cost, and the smaller the scale, the manufacturing cost will rise, the manufacturing cost has risen but the profit margin has not changed, and the automobile manufacturers are definitely unwilling to produce.
In addition, the maintenance and replacement costs of automatic transmission models are also higher than those of manual transmission, so the profit margin of automatic transmission is also greater in the after-sales process of the car, which should be well understood. Therefore, it is also the manufacturer who makes such a choice in order to pursue higher profits.
Combining the above reasons, it also leads to the gradual reduction of manual transmission models on the market, although the advantages of manual transmission have gradually disappeared, but if it is said that it will be completely replaced by automatic transmission cars in a short period of time, in fact, it is not very realistic, and maybe some people just prefer to open manual transmission, those who like manual transmission friends hold high the banner, claiming that fuel vehicles do not fall, manual transmission is not old, this may be. I don't know what everyone thinks of manual transmission models? Do you still have a manual transmission car at home? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.