A growing number of active safety systems in cars are ones that have problems or at least limited performance when working in conjunction with a manual transmission. In this case, the question of whether this spells the end for the manual transmission is entirely appropriate, isn't it?
There is no doubt that driving safety comes first. But perhaps precisely because of this safety, we will be forced to give up the still extremely popular manual gearboxes. Recently, hybrid and electric cars have become more and more popular, most of which are only available with an automatic transmission, and there are also more and more car brands, especially premium a class that, except in rare exceptions, no longer offer manual transmissions at all. Exceptions remain compact urban cars, in which the manual transmission still dominates.
The manual gearbox is the biggest ″enemy″ of the system for braking in force. In the event that the car brakes in an emergency and the driver does not press the clutch at the right time, the car will shut down, and with it all other assistance systems that could possibly contribute to additional safety after emergency braking. We can also forget about the system with automatic starting in queues and traffic jams, because only this works only in connection with the automatic transmission and is optionally available on more and more car brands.
The future will show whether, precisely because of safety systems, we will be left without such popular manual transmissions. A Mazda survey conducted in Canada showed that in 2016 they sold 19,2% cars with a manual transmission, and only in 2020 6,4%. Does it look like this here too? rooted change, but we will be able to see in the next few years.
