Manual Transmission? Yea or Nay?
Still looking for the first truck in preparation for our first RV sometime next year and I've pretty much narrowed it down to an F2/350 with the V10. Not sure I want to roll the dice with a 6.0 Diese...
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ricatic wrote:
How many manual transmission devotee's would order an optional manual transmission that added to the cost of the truck?
How much would the manual transmission devotee's be willing to pay for that transmission?
How many manual transmission devotee's would not spend the extra money and just buy the standard automatic transmission?
Regards
1: I would not pay extra. I expect at least 1K less. The last year that GM offered the ZF-6 as the base transmission, the Allison was $2300 more if ordered by its self.
2: There is no reason for the manual to cost more. There is no reason to design a new transmission, they are being built and used in other markets.
3: Hard to say what one would do in the future. But in the past I told a GM dealer no. I bought a Ford, with a 4 speed. If I bought a new truck today it would be a 6 speed Dodge. But at some point soon there will be no choice.
And I doubt that the new mega HP trucks get anymore HP to the ground than the old ones. The OEM know how much torque they can handle, and that's all the computers let the engine make. Power on an engine dyno means nothing, power to the wheels counts.
