It's bad news in the automotive world for two iconic cars, the VW Beetle and the Chevy Corvette.
Driven more by marketing than an actual needs-based analysis, too many drivers continue to clamour for supersized rides – even if they aren’t hauling anything and they happen to be the sole occupant. So, as a small two-door coupe, a car like the Beetle is terribly out of fashion these days and it will cease production (again.)
But even worse news on the automotive front is the recent news regarding the Chevrolet Corvette. No, GM isn’t sending the Vette to the scrapheap of obsolescence; rather, the next-generation Corvette won’t be available with a manual transmission.
Toyota also has a neat problem,their automatics slam into park while driving on the highway,neat option!! I believe its their Toyota Sienna minivans!
As for the Dodge’s you think of,older 1990’s trucks had transmission problems but that was to the lack of maintenance,they are to adjust the bands in the transmissions and people didn’t thus slipping happened/leaking etc…that was after years of driving /towing/abuse..Still no maint…Honda was from 0 miles and they said if it lasts 20,000 miles then it should be okay lol,they weren’t!!
I am in the car business,restore cars,sell cars have friends who own transmission shops ,engine rebuilders etc…Toyota also has major oil burning issues on basically all of its cars(bad piston rings)..well they beat their sludge issues of 1997-2006 Toyota did and their head gasket issues of the 1990’s..Remember Toyota paid big media off to praise them…Also the random acceleration remember that!! It was a computer issue!!
This became popular in Drag Racing as it was stronger,more reliable than a manual transmission and won more races due to more consistent!
727 is the most reliable transmission around,takes abuse and hundreds of thousands of miles!
Today 6,7,8,9 and 10 speed automatics shift faster than a manual and get better gas mileage..
Older manuals had a hard clutch pedal so when the autmatic came out,it was easy driving…
Yes I own automatics and 4 manual cars,as a collector/restorer I can tell you people who drive newer manual cars have a tough time with older manual cars as the clutch pedal it hard and hilly city driving is tough lol…Drive my 70 Cuda 440 6barrel,4 speed ,dana 60 4.10 rear gear and you too will have a more calf muscles on your left leg than right!!
The death of my driving will be a single clutch Ford Focus, but it is still stick.
Just wait till your Automatic has a problem & needs repairs. I have a friend who runs a Transmission repair shop. He says the new breed of Automatics just aren’t as robust as they used to be.
That’s true, and they haven’t been a long time. Even in pick up trucks, those automatic transmissions haven’t been good for a long time. That’s why they came out with these multi speed transmissions for pick ups. GM has been using a transmissions built by Allison, first with a five speed and then a six speed. If you want to pull a trailer, that’s the way to go.
second, it was the automatic tranny that helped emancipate women. now most men are only a shadow of their great grandfathers and can’t use a stick shift anymore either. so they likewise now need an automatic transmission too. it’s a sad trend. a friend of my wife phoned her. her husband had a flat tire, and he didn’t know where the spare was located or the jack. he knew nothing. she phoned my wife so my wife could ask me how to change a tire, and then she could relayed it to her husband.
No more standard gearshift? Here’s why:
Get a load of the men of today. Thousands, thousands at the Fortnite competition.
Now these are real alpha males!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXfkqXamJU0
I’d like to know what the heck parents have taught their kids.
Correction: parents have taught their kids nothing, niente, nada, rien de tout