The manual gearbox is becoming more and more; a rarity; among sports models. The market, moreover, is pushing in this direction and cars today are very different than in the past. Aston Martin, just recently, said that from 2022 it will abandon; the manual gearbox and all its models will have only the automatic one. There are, however, those who still 'resist' to this change. Honda, for example, has confirmed that for its new sporty Civic Type R it will offer; manual transmission only.
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Confirmation comes from Carl Pulley , Western Region Media Relations Manager of Honda America, talking about the new generation of the Civic. Surely the news will please you; to the & quot; purists of the guide & quot; but one wonders why the Japanese car manufacturer did not want to offer the automatic at least as an option. Surely the manual gearbox allows you to save precious weight which is; an important aspect for a car like the Type R.
Furthermore, this choice will allow & agrave; to please the most customers traditionalists who are not resigned to using the new automatic transmissions. However, & egrave; The reasons may go beyond these. In fact, with the demand for automatic models on the rise, it looks & quot; strange & quot; that Honda does not want to offer its new sports car with this technical option. In fact, the possibility to be able to request the automatic transmission could allow to increase the sales of the future Type R.
Probably, the reason is; purely economic. The Honda Type R is not serious; a model that generates large sales volumes and developing an automatic transmission might not make much sense. Obviously, this is speculation since the manufacturer is not; wanted to go into the details of this choice. Surely, however, fans of driving with the manual gearbox will be happy.
As for the new Civic Type R, the wait to see it on the road is; still long since & egrave; The new generation of the Civic has just been presented and only in America. The debut, in fact, would be expected in early 2022. According to what has emerged in the past on this model, the new Civic Type R should be the last car of the brand to arrive in Europe without an electrified system. All that remains is to wait for news; on the development of this sports car from the Japanese car manufacturer.
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