The Nissan Versa with CVT beat out both the automatic and manual transmissions with 35 mpg, compared to 30 mpg. In newer vehicles, automatic and manual transmissions typically get similar fuel economy.
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Keep up to date. My wife would have refused to have driven it, it was so bad. What vehicle were you test driving… sometimes DSGs can be a little clumsy at low-speed. Cheers Isaac. It was in stop-start traffic which was the worst, it would come to a stop and re-starting just did nothing, gradually increase revs and eventually it would move — like a tiger pouncing.
But I soon found out. No wonder he wanted me to go on their established DSG friendly tour, but I pulled off to a side street, into a carpark — then back into the stop-start traffic. The proper autos Cerato, Focus etc were much better. As for the main myth, real-world testing by organizations like Consumer Reports and Motor Trend still often give an advantage to manual transmissions — even when official mileage estimates rate them lower than the same car with an automatic.
Government mileage testing of manual transmissions tends to use inefficient shift points, with the result that in real-world driving, cars with manual transmissions can significantly exceed their rated mileage. The difference in cold temperatures — even with newer transmissions — is still more pronounced.
Completely agree, the idea that automatics get better mileage the real myth. Anyone with a decent understanding of how an automatic transmission works should understand that a manual is more efficient. Autos use hydraulic power to shift and hold the transmission into gear, this hydraulic power is provided by the engine, a manual uses energy from your arm to shift and a detent hold it in gear.
The torque convertor adds more losses to the system, even a locking converter than a clutch does, especially so when the vehicle is stopped. The moving components in an auto overall are heavier, meaning more inertia has be to overcome to move said components. This is because there is more energy being turned into heat in an automatic transmission, translating to more fuel being burnt to do the same amount of work.
This one relates to fuel economy with many holding to the belief that a manual is more fuel efficient than the same car with an automatic. So, are manual transmissions more fuel efficient? Tags: fuel consumption. Newsletter Signup First Name: Email address:. Notify of.
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