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Steve Klare
Film Guy
Posts: 7016
From: Long Island, NY, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted June 29, 2015 01:33 PM
They say the clutch pedal is headed the way of the Dodo!
automatics are getting smarter and smarter, and depending on the skills of the driver can outdo a manual shift transmission in terms of efficiency and performance.
-besides that, a hybrid car doesn't even need a mechanical gear shift of any variety.
This is creating a philosophical problem at some of the highest performance manufacturers. If you want to bolt off the line and maintain maximum torque all the way up, the best "engine" is actually an electric motor (or a jet turbine, but let's not go there...).
-So in a few years, Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches will very likely be hybrids.
If they have a stick shift at all, it will be digitally interfaced to a driveline computer and be available in some "mode" or other (completely unneeded, really).
Just seems...wrong!
Several manufacturers now have systems that pump the snarl of a muscular V8 through the audio system of a small engine car.
We already had video games based on cars, now we have cars based on video games!
-------------------- All I ask is a wide screen and a projector to light her by...
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