Manual transmission promises greater value growth
The manual gearbox, which was standard equipment for decades, is increasingly becoming the exception. Top-of-the-range saloons have been relying on automatic transmissions for decades, but even in super sports cars, manual transmissions are already the exception. And so the trend towards gearshift automation is continuing throughout the entire passenger car range; after all, DSG and its ilk can achieve more favorable fuel consumption and exhaust emission values, at least in the laboratory.
But what does the buyer of a classic or modern car want? Do they prefer the manual gearbox and thus give the traditional gear change technology a higher value than the automatic, which may be sold in parallel? This is what we wanted to know from our readers in our question of the week .
As many as 45% were convinced that the manual gearbox will be seen as more valuable in the future, while a further 48% would make this dependent on the type of vehicle. They assume that a manual gearbox will increase the value of sporty vehicles, while it makes no difference for other vehicles.
The remaining 6% or so cannot imagine that a manual gearbox, which was once cheaper to buy, should be worth more in the future than a comfortable automatic, all the more so as drivers of the future will hardly be used to shifting gears by hand.
Here is the graphical analysis of the answers to the question of the week:
We have already asked the next question of the week , this time about how classic car owners insure their vehicles. Is there a trend towards a fully comprehensive mentality?
The results of the previous questions of the week can all be found in a dedicated topic channel.
