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Will paddle shifters be the future of automotive transmissions?

Will paddle shifters be the future of automotive transmissions?

FaezClutchless

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It is evident that many automakers nowadays feature automated-manual transmissions (that usually comes with a paddle shifter) in their performance cars. In other words, these automated-manual transmissions with paddle shifters are the in-thing now. Every technology in our lives are ever changing and getting replaced with new and better ones and will paddle shifting transmissions replace manual ones and even conventional auto gearboxes totally?

 

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I have asked the above mentioned question to several car owners; both performance and ordinary car owners and they are in their 20s up to 40s (age range). Below are their opinions.

 

Many felt that manual transmissions will still be the choice of hardcore drivers who prefer the shift stick and clutch pedal combination. It would be hard to remove the manual stick and clutch pedal feeling from them. And there are some who believe that these automated-manual (or dual clutch) transmissions will sit well in between conventional automatic transmissions drivers and sports-orientated drivers.

 

In a way, it is probably ideal for drivers who have problems with the stick and clutch pedal combination or drivers who are simply can


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Ilmw

I bluntly always state I'm a hardcore manual guy. Auto is too boring, doesn't engage the driver.

 

After 4.5 years with a manual Civic 1.8, my revised take is this:

 

Reason I hate conventional auto is the inefficiency of the torque converter. Call me a perfectionist but I simply hate the idea of losses.

 

Manual in this regard is ideal, but not so the human shifting the gear. Let the human make the decision when to shift, but let automation handle the actual shifting.

 

Automated manual or dual clutch is the best of both worlds. The former, born from F1, is delegated to niche deployments, the latter, the new wave to take over the world. The Japs just have to get onto the bandwagon.

 

Green? CVT? Oh please. When/What is CVT not all noise and no movement? The idea of CVT is perfect, but after so many years, where is an implementation that does not suck? Last I heard, Nissan is the only one that makes decent CVT, but it's not something the industry took note.

 

 

 

 

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GrandCruiser

Paddle shifters do not equate to dual clutch. Conventional torque converter does offer paddle shifting too.

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this is a very confusing article.

it is very poorly expressed.

 

Dual clutch and paddle shifters aren't the same thing.

 

Dual clutch should be compared with manual and automatic transmissions.

 

 

Paddle shifters are just the human interface.

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