Automatics tend to be less fuel efficient, especially older cars. More recently,...

ehnto on Nov 17, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fewer than 3% of cars sold in the U.S. have manual...

Automatics tend to be less fuel efficient, especially older cars. More recently, CVT style transmissions have been able to be more reasonable. But a typical automatic use much less direct ways to transfer the power, than a simple gear to gear linkage.