Is manual transmission faster than automatic?

Nowadays, automatic transmission is increasingly chosen by many manufacturers as the standard transmission and is chosen by consumers, especially on many popular car lines because of its advantages of smooth gear shifting and fuel economy.

However, another question that is also raised is whether manual transmission cars will disappear? In fact, many manufacturers such as Ferrari and Lamborghini are gradually eliminating manual transmissions on their car models because these models are very picky about customers.

Up to this point, manual transmission is still chosen by many car manufacturers to produce. The reason is that the needs of customers in this segment do not stop at traveling, but many people also love manual transmission because it brings a special driving feeling, hard to find on automatic transmissions.

Basically, automatic and manual transmissions differ in the way they control the clutch system, i.e. the car's clutch.

With automatic transmission, it is mainly done by the automatic mechanical and electronic system. Meanwhile, with manual transmission, it is the driver who has to operate.

It is also quite easy to distinguish between automatic and manual transmissions. While manual transmissions have 3 pedals: clutch/brake/accelerator and the clutch pedal is located right next to the brake pedal, automatic transmissions only have the accelerator and brake pedals.

Along with that, manual transmission is the type of gearbox that the driver must directly control the gear lever by hand, while automatic transmission is the type that automatically increases or decreases gears according to speed and load.