We started to see many changes in the automotive world, especially in 2023. In addition to events such as automobiles with changing engines and the sudden rise of new brands entering the sector, changes are also seen in customer-oriented preferences. Perhaps the most curious of these is the answer to the question “manual or automatic transmission?” So what are the rates? Here are the details…
2-fold increase in manual transmission sales rates!
While automobile sales are shifting to different points day by day, 2023 has witnessed many different developments. Factors such as the widespread use of electric cars and the lack of a part called transmission in electric cars have also changed the wishes and demands among users.
This year, new automobile brands, especially those coming from China and entering the market, were talked about a lot. With the move towards electrification, many new brands entered the market. Although many of the users were cold towards these new brands at first, they later bought them due to the sudden explosion in demand. But there are still models that are internal combustion and have a transmission.
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On this side of the matter, we can say that there is still a greater demand for automatic transmission. However, there was a significant increase in manual transmission sales globally. Manual transmission sales, which remained at a low rate of 0.9 percent in 2021, increased to 2.9 percent in 2023. And the interesting thing here is that although the choice of manual transmission is low cost in Turkey, this is not the reason globally.
Many people state that cars have no soul left as they become increasingly electrified and autonomous. In other words, they state that they cannot experience the feeling of a car like before. For this reason, there is great interest in the manual transmission versions of the cars we call manual transmission hot hatchbacks. According to the information received, manual versions of cars such as Golf R, i20 N, Ford Mustang are sold as soon as they arrive at dealers.
In short, the increasing silence and robotization of cars must have started to upset car lovers. For this reason, users are returning to old traditions and their interest in cars with manual transmission is increasing.