Sentences with phrase «loss of the manual transmission»

I'm a huge fan of hydraulic steering and I find it's demise in current auto applications to be on a par with the loss of the manual transmission.

A few years ago, I was one of the people mourning the loss of the manual transmission, but now with its return and having driven it back - to - back with a dual - clutch on track, I'm not sure which gearbox I would rather have.

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There are fewer losses through the transmission with the manual «box so in one respect the outputs are even stronger, however the R doesn't have the RS's side intakes capable of producing a ram air effect at higher speeds.

Autocar also references the inclusion of a dual - clutch gearbox to replace the standard car's six - speed manual, and special modifications made to the all - wheel drive system to compensate for both the transmission and the weight loss.

Because the automatic transmission is linked to the engine by a fluid coupling, rather than by the mechanical clutch of a manual transmission, there is a potential loss of efficiency due to slippage.

[16] In order to avoid the serious levels of power loss then typical in small - engined cars with automatic transmission the manufacturers incorporated a new carburettor and a higher compression ratio in the new 1965 automatic transmission cars: indeed a press report of the time found very little power loss in the automatic 1100, though the same report expressed the suspicion that this might in part reflect the unusually high level of power loss resulting from the way in which the installation of the transversely mounted «normal» manual gear box had been engineered.

Manual transmissions use a mechanical clutch to transmit torque, rather than a torque converter, thus avoiding the primary source of loss in an automatic transmission.