End of era of manual transmission!!
IT HURTS, BUT IT IS REALITY. ONE DAY I WAS READING NEWS THAT SOME YOUNGSTERS COULD’NT STEAL CAR BECAUSE CAR HAD MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND THEY ENTERED IN CAR BUT WHEN THEY SAW MANUAL TRANSMISSION THEY RAN AWAY. IT MIGHT BE GOOD NEWS FOR ALL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DRIVERS (ESPECIALLY WHOSE CAR WAS BEING STOLEN) BUT IT WAS BAD NEWS FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION FANS , OH YEAH WHAT WAS THAT FUN WHEN WE USED TO LEARN CAR FROM OUR DAD,BROTHER OR ANY TEACHER. LAST YEAR , MY SISTER CAME TO INDIA AND SHE DID’NT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MANUAL TRANSMISSION , THOUGH SHE DRIVES BETTER CAR IN AMERICA BUT HER CAR IS AUTOMATIC. SO I THOUGHT WHAT WILL BE FUTURE OF OUR BELOVED GEARSHIFT .. I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN ….
THIS ERA IS ALL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION , THERE ARE SO MANY COMPUTERS IN ONE CAR (I WILL POST ANOTHER ON THIS TOPIC), TOO MANY SENSORS AND THEN DRIVER-LESS CARS ARE ALSO ON THE WAY. VOLVO CARS ARE ALL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND I LOVE VOLVO FOR THIS REASON. ACCORDING TO ONE SURVEY , IN USA 29% NEW CARS HAD MANUAL TRANSMISSION DURING 2007, THIS PERCENTAGE DROPPED TO 19% IN 2012 AND IN 2015 IT WAS ONLY 10%. IN 1980’S 35%CARS WERE OFFERED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION, IT IS ONLY 9% NOW AND PEOPLE DONT SHOW INTEREST IN THEM TOO. SO WE CAN SEE, FUTURE IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR BELOVED STICK ..
BUT BUT WAIT A MOMENT…
INDIA AND CHINA WILL BE SAVIOR OF OUR GREAT FRIEND (THEY COULD BE ENEMY OF EACH OTHER BUT FOR SAVING THIS FRIEND, ALL PEOPLE OF BOTH COUNTRIES ARE TOGETHER). THERE WILL BE 16 MILLIONS MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN 2030, ONLY CHINA AND OTHER SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES WILL USE 12 MILLIONS OUT OF THEM.. SO WHAT WOULD BE REASONS BEHIND IT !!!!
REASONS ARE SIMPLE-
1.THEY ARE EASY TO BUILD,NOT TECHY LIKE OTHERS
2.THEY ARE CHEAP TO BUILD SO CHINA N SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES WILL USE IT.
3.EASY AND CHEAP REPAIR
BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF WORLD!!
IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA, FUTURE IS NOT BRIGHT FOR THIS OLD N TRUSTY FRIEND. EVEN GREAT FUN TO DRIVE CARS LIKE VW GTI , PORSCHE 911 , JAGUAR F TYPE AND SOME OTHER CARS WHICH WERE FAMOUS FOR MANUAL DRIVE SOME YEARS AGO ARE LOSING THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THEY ARE NOT CHOOSING THEM LIKE BEFORE . THOUGH NOT BAD LIKE HELL, BUT STILL MANUAL CAR LOVERS ARE LEAVING THEM .
BUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM!!
LIKE EMISSION CONTROL LAWS ARE INCREASING DAY BY DAY, CAR COMPANIES ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO USE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN EVERYTHING OF CAR TO GET MAXIMUM MILEAGE WITH LESSER POLLUTION, SO MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS PROBLEM.
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY IS IMPROVING DAY BY DAY, SO IT IS EASIER TO INTEGRATE HYBRID SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC THAN MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AGAIN SO MUCH COMPUTER WORKS AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS RESTRICTION IN THIS WORK.
DCT N CVT SYSTEMS ARE ALSO IMPROVING SO PEOPLE PREFER THEM OVER MANUAL . THERE WERE DAYS, WHEN DCTS WERE NOT GOOD AND WERE FACING PROBLEMS LIKE FORD’S AND VW’S EARLIER DCTS. BUT NOW THEY ARE TROUBLE FREE AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM.
WARRANTY AND FREE SERVICE ON NEW SYSTEMS ARE ALSO MAIN REASON. SOME ARE PROVIDING 10 YEARS OR 3 LAKHS KMS WARRANTY SO PEOPLE HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR NOW.
IN HEAVY VEHICLES, DRIVERS HAVE TO DRIVE SO MANY HOURS AND IT BECOMES TOO HARD FOR THEM TO CHANGE GEARS IN TIREDNESS SO AUTOMATIC IS BEST . IN HILLY AREAS AND OTHER DIFFICULT ROADS , THIS SYSTEM IS LIKE GIFT OF GOD TO DRIVERS.
SO NO HOPE IN FUTURE!!!
NO NEED TO BE SAD, THEIR WILL BE PLACE OF MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN FUTURE LIKE DIESEL ENGINES . RACING ENTHUSIASTS WOULD BE DRIVING PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4 GTS, POLO GTI AND SOME OTHER PERFORMANCE CARS . OH YEAH BUT I WILL MISS SOME OTHER MODELS .
NOTHING TO SAY MORE , TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING BUT THAT FUN OF DRIVING MANUAL CARS WILL BE REMAIN IN MEMORIES OF EVERYONE WHO HAS DRIVEN IT ANYTIME IN THEIR PAST.. OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE MISSING BUT WE DIDN’T . THANKS AGAIN MY FIRST EVER CAR MARUTI 800 .
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| End of era of manual transmission!! |
IT HURTS, BUT IT IS REALITY. ONE DAY I WAS READING NEWS THAT SOME YOUNGSTERS COULD’NT STEAL CAR BECAUSE CAR HAD MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND THEY ENTERED IN CAR BUT WHEN THEY SAW MANUAL TRANSMISSION THEY RAN AWAY. IT MIGHT BE GOOD NEWS FOR ALL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DRIVERS (ESPECIALLY WHOSE CAR WAS BEING STOLEN) BUT IT WAS BAD NEWS FOR MANUAL TRANSMISSION FANS , OH YEAH WHAT WAS THAT FUN WHEN WE USED TO LEARN CAR FROM OUR DAD,BROTHER OR ANY TEACHER. LAST YEAR , MY SISTER CAME TO INDIA AND SHE DID’NT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MANUAL TRANSMISSION , THOUGH SHE DRIVES BETTER CAR IN AMERICA BUT HER CAR IS AUTOMATIC. SO I THOUGHT WHAT WILL BE FUTURE OF OUR BELOVED GEARSHIFT .. I WILL TRY TO EXPLAIN ….
THIS ERA IS ALL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND AUTOMATION , THERE ARE SO MANY COMPUTERS IN ONE CAR (I WILL POST ANOTHER ON THIS TOPIC), TOO MANY SENSORS AND THEN DRIVER-LESS CARS ARE ALSO ON THE WAY. VOLVO CARS ARE ALL ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND I LOVE VOLVO FOR THIS REASON. ACCORDING TO ONE SURVEY , IN USA 29% NEW CARS HAD MANUAL TRANSMISSION DURING 2007, THIS PERCENTAGE DROPPED TO 19% IN 2012 AND IN 2015 IT WAS ONLY 10%. IN 1980’S 35%CARS WERE OFFERED WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION, IT IS ONLY 9% NOW AND PEOPLE DONT SHOW INTEREST IN THEM TOO. SO WE CAN SEE, FUTURE IS NOT GOOD FOR OUR BELOVED STICK ..
BUT BUT WAIT A MOMENT…
INDIA AND CHINA WILL BE SAVIOR OF OUR GREAT FRIEND (THEY COULD BE ENEMY OF EACH OTHER BUT FOR SAVING THIS FRIEND, ALL PEOPLE OF BOTH COUNTRIES ARE TOGETHER). THERE WILL BE 16 MILLIONS MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN 2030, ONLY CHINA AND OTHER SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES WILL USE 12 MILLIONS OUT OF THEM.. SO WHAT WOULD BE REASONS BEHIND IT !!!!
REASONS ARE SIMPLE-
1.THEY ARE EASY TO BUILD,NOT TECHY LIKE OTHERS
2.THEY ARE CHEAP TO BUILD SO CHINA N SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES WILL USE IT.
3.EASY AND CHEAP REPAIR
BUT WHAT ABOUT OTHER PARTS OF WORLD!!
IN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA, FUTURE IS NOT BRIGHT FOR THIS OLD N TRUSTY FRIEND. EVEN GREAT FUN TO DRIVE CARS LIKE VW GTI , PORSCHE 911 , JAGUAR F TYPE AND SOME OTHER CARS WHICH WERE FAMOUS FOR MANUAL DRIVE SOME YEARS AGO ARE LOSING THEIR CUSTOMERS AND THEY ARE NOT CHOOSING THEM LIKE BEFORE . THOUGH NOT BAD LIKE HELL, BUT STILL MANUAL CAR LOVERS ARE LEAVING THEM .
BUT WHAT IS THE PROBLEM!!
LIKE EMISSION CONTROL LAWS ARE INCREASING DAY BY DAY, CAR COMPANIES ARE DOING THEIR BEST TO USE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN EVERYTHING OF CAR TO GET MAXIMUM MILEAGE WITH LESSER POLLUTION, SO MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS PROBLEM.
HYBRID TECHNOLOGY IS IMPROVING DAY BY DAY, SO IT IS EASIER TO INTEGRATE HYBRID SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC THAN MANUAL TRANSMISSION. AGAIN SO MUCH COMPUTER WORKS AND MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS RESTRICTION IN THIS WORK.
DCT N CVT SYSTEMS ARE ALSO IMPROVING SO PEOPLE PREFER THEM OVER MANUAL . THERE WERE DAYS, WHEN DCTS WERE NOT GOOD AND WERE FACING PROBLEMS LIKE FORD’S AND VW’S EARLIER DCTS. BUT NOW THEY ARE TROUBLE FREE AND PEOPLE LOVE THEM.
WARRANTY AND FREE SERVICE ON NEW SYSTEMS ARE ALSO MAIN REASON. SOME ARE PROVIDING 10 YEARS OR 3 LAKHS KMS WARRANTY SO PEOPLE HAVE NO NEED TO FEAR NOW.
IN HEAVY VEHICLES, DRIVERS HAVE TO DRIVE SO MANY HOURS AND IT BECOMES TOO HARD FOR THEM TO CHANGE GEARS IN TIREDNESS SO AUTOMATIC IS BEST . IN HILLY AREAS AND OTHER DIFFICULT ROADS , THIS SYSTEM IS LIKE GIFT OF GOD TO DRIVERS.
SO NO HOPE IN FUTURE!!!
NO NEED TO BE SAD, THEIR WILL BE PLACE OF MANUAL TRANSMISSION IN FUTURE LIKE DIESEL ENGINES . RACING ENTHUSIASTS WOULD BE DRIVING PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 4 GTS, POLO GTI AND SOME OTHER PERFORMANCE CARS . OH YEAH BUT I WILL MISS SOME OTHER MODELS .
NOTHING TO SAY MORE , TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED EVERYTHING BUT THAT FUN OF DRIVING MANUAL CARS WILL BE REMAIN IN MEMORIES OF EVERYONE WHO HAS DRIVEN IT ANYTIME IN THEIR PAST.. OUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL BE MISSING BUT WE DIDN’T . THANKS AGAIN MY FIRST EVER CAR MARUTI 800 .
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