News: Lamborghini: Goodbye to the manual transmission.

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No more manual transmission on future Lambo's. It's over.

This should start with the introduction of the Gallardo replacement.

" You can count on next year's replacement for the now-8-year-old Gallardo to come only with an automated transmission. "
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Just 1 to 2 percent of the cars rolling out of the company's small Sant'Agata Bolognese factory are equipped with three pedals, Reggiani says.

A manual transmission, explains the R&D director, is a break in the electronic chain of command that harmonizes absolutely everything that happens between engine combustion chamber and tire contact patch. The only way Lamborghini can guarantee soothing smoothness in city driving or back-thumpingly explosive acceleration on a winding road is for every system in the car to be interconnected. You can't rely on a driver to always shift gears without glitches, Reggiano says. But you can count on next year's replacement for the now-8-year-old Gallardo to come only with an automated transmission.
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Read more: http://www.motortrend.com/features/...manual_transmissions/index.html#ixzz1RXbTsrT8
 
aslong as the R8 V10 can come with a manual, it's all good.


not that I'd ever be able to afford one anyways.
 
Merde...

A part BMW et Porsche dans l'europen les manuelles disparaissent rapidement. Mercedes c'est fini, ¸Vw/Audi ça acheve rapidement.

C'est poche car une bonne manuelle bien conçu n'est pas beaucoup moins rapide. Exemple je viens d'acheter un 135i que je vais prendre possession mardi, j'ai essayé la DSG vs la manuelle back to back et on parle d'une différence minime de 0,1sec sur le 0-100 car la manuelle est très très courte, pédale légerte et c'est 6 vitesse vs 7 pour la DSG. Le feeling était 100 fois meilleur sur la manuelle...
 
^^ C'est même pas une question de rapiditée selon moi mais plutot une pure question de fun. Une voiture sport c'est un jouet pour grande personne. C'est pas juste un moyen de transport pour allé uniquement du point A au point B, c'est aussi pour se faire du fun, se promener, faire des road trip, conduite sportive, track, drag ect.

C'est bien beau la DSG qui est on va dire 0.2sec plus rapide dans les changement de rapport mais moi je veut me faire du fun en ayant le maximum de controle sur la voiture sans que tout soit controler par un million de gugusse électronique qui, à la fin, conduit la voiture pour toi.
 
On pense parreil et c'est pour ca que je m'entete a acheter seulement des manuelles, ça devient plus casse-tête qu'avant mais toujours possible.
 
Jacques79 said:
That's what happens when Audi owns you.
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i disagree. The article states that only 1-2% of their sales are manual. There is no point in building something that only 1% of your clientele will buy.

If anything "That's what happens when customer's stop buying manual cars."

Its not the company that made the decision, its the customers that forced them to do it.

It's all nice for them to say "its to get the fastest shift possible, bla bla bla (insert useless tech info) " , but it what it comes down to is money and what 99% of their customers want.
 
darkestfenix said:
i disagree. The article states that only 1-2% of their sales are manual. There is no point in building something that only 1% of your clientele will buy.

If anything "That's what happens when customer's stop buying manual cars."

Its not the company that made the decision, its the customers that forced them to do it.

It's all nice for them to say "its to get the fastest shift possible, bla bla bla (insert useless tech info) " , but it what it comes down to is money and what 99% of their customers want.
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Still, I am sure some customers will be pissed. And with such a high-priced specialized luxury good, I would think that they would not want to piss off those customers.

My dream car is a Lambo Gallardo with a manual transmission. (acutally a Carrera GT but I'll never be able to afford one) That won't happen for a good little while, but it blows that I would have to buy one automatic.
 
I could be wrong, but isn't the Aventador "automatic" only? They're talking about the Gallardo replacement, but I thought the Aventador was already only available with an automated transmission.
 
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