Comments by "Adrian McLean" (@adrianmclean9195) on "American Reacts to Why do Europeans Drive MANUAL Cars?" video.

  1. I suppose if you transpose a map of greater Europe over the US, the population density difference would be very apparent. Then factor in terrain. Then raw material access. Fuel prices. Emissions. Regulations. Taxes. And the inbuilt personality of the driving urge/style/skill of the European - then you can see why manuals would be more popular. Cost less to buy, maintain, overhaul, run and more flexibility. Jump starting too. With cars small, manuals were essential. Took a long time for a small automatic to be performance adequate and still a fuel penalty and less gears. Today, ironically, the most speeds you get in a manuals is 7. Whereas 10 is the max for an auto. Completely changed around. Also CVT have technically, infinite ratios. And then automated manuals/dual clutch. So autos much more common in Europe than before. But, Europeans still like to drive and want the control, skill, feel and fun, satisfaction of changing gears. Two different mind sets from two different continents. I couldn't totally ignore the American freedom factor, too, when it comes to autos.
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  2. Falcons and Commodores also used Getrag manuals, before changing over to Tremec. Autos for both, are ZF's. Work better in the Falcon. Correct if I'm wrong.
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