MANUAL VS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION : WHICH ONE IS BEST ??

Let us first understand what is manual and automatic transmission and then we can proceed with the comparison.

What is Manual Transmission ?

Manual transmission cars are the cars that allow the driver to change the gears as per driving needs and there is a manual clutch pedal used while changing gears. The clutch uses solid clutch plate and pressure plate mechanism.

What is Automatic Transmission ?

Automatic transmission on the other hand works automatically depending on the vehicle speed and engine speed. In automatic transmission cars, there is no clutch pedal, and clutch-plate mechanism is replaced with a hydraulic torque converter.

Manual Transmission:

• Initial cost of manual transmission cars is low.
• Fuel Efficiency of Manual transmission is higher because of low energy loss of a clutch plate based system.
• Preventive maintenance  cost for Manual transmission is slightly lower.
• Breakdown maintenance cost of  manual transmission car due to lesser complex systems.
• Manual transmission is usually more sporty compared to automatic transmission.
• Manual transmission is less comfortable in city conditions due to changing of gears in traffic.
• It requires more skills to drive a manual transmission car as there has to be a coordination between speed and gears.

Automatic Transmission:

• Initial cost of automatic transmission car is higher.
• Fuel Efficiency of Automatic transmission car is lower because of energy losses in hydraulic torque converter are higher.
• Preventive maintenance cost for automatic transmission car is slightly higher.
• Breakdown maintenance cost of  automatic transmission car is higher due to complex system.
• The driver does not have full liberty to choose what gears  he/she wants to drive in, thus it is less sporty as compared to the manual transmission.
• Automatic transmission is very comfortable as the driver needs not worry about the clutch and there is no need to manually change the gears with changing speeds. This adds a lots of convenience in city traffic.
• It requires lesser skills to drive an automatic transmission car compared to manual transmission car.

Basically, automatic transmissions are easier to use and more comfortable for the driver, while manual transmission vehicles are less expensive and more involved.

Comment in the section below,which is best according to you.