I drive a manual transmission car and I find my mileage to be comparable if not lower to an automatic transmission car. While activating cruise control, my mileage rises by a few kms because of this I have always wondered which transmission for my next car would be the best, considering mileage to be an important factor.
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Manual transmissions used to be more efficient than automatics–auto transmissions’ torque converters slipped, and had just two or three speeds. That changed some years ago–auto versions of vehicles get better mileage than manuals now. Better design, more speeds now, I suppose. CVTs might be all right for city and flatland use, not so much for mountain driving. Toyota has an interesting variation on the CVT–first gear is conventional, then switches over to the CVT. My experience with CVTs is industrial–CVTs are just a type of variable speed sheave. Not a big fan.
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