GTspirit reports:
Next to the overall saving of fuel and the numerous stories about fuel economy the Italians have come up with another chapter. Just like Ferrari, Lamborghini considers stopping the production of manual transmissions within their line-up of vehicles, according to Car and Driver.
Maurizio Reggiani, the director of research and development at Lamborghini, says in an interview with the magazine that they will likely eventually follow Ferrari. He stated that manual transmissions are fitted to less than five percent of the firm’s cars. Although he is still somewhat defensive about the common belief that dual-clutch automated manuals with seven speeds or more – such as Porsche’s PDK – are necessarily better than Lambo’s six-speed single-clutch unit...
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