sta500666
1/2 ton status
Does anyone know if Chevy will every reintroduce the manual transmission back into their full size truck line up???
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pauly383
Daddy383
Definitely not in the fast moving comfy interior grovery getters they call trucks . The more pedestrian consumers ruined it for the smaller slice of people who actually use their truck for work .
If you want it , you need to convince them ( GM) . And without a good number of current model owners onboard with you to say they will trade in , you won't get far .
At least the new RWD Caddy and Camaro wil be available with a six speed .
If you want it , you need to convince them ( GM) . And without a good number of current model owners onboard with you to say they will trade in , you won't get far .
At least the new RWD Caddy and Camaro wil be available with a six speed .
Cowboy_80
1/2 ton status
on the bright side, the Caddy's trunk is big enough to move around as many bodies as a half ton...
sta500666
1/2 ton status
I heard they discontinued the manual in the trucks because they kept breaking something, possibly the throw out bearing or something but I dont know... I just would like to see the day when chevy makes a solid front axle 5 speed truck again...
And by the way if its the Caddy CTS your talkin about, its pretty pussy now because they dropped the CTS-V version which had the base corvette 6.0 engine. They only offer it with a V6 currently.
And by the way if its the Caddy CTS your talkin about, its pretty pussy now because they dropped the CTS-V version which had the base corvette 6.0 engine. They only offer it with a V6 currently.
eclipse
1/2 ton status
i think GM went down hill in 1992 when they decided to put IFS on all there K series trucks including 1tons
Thunder
3/4 ton status
Very Doubtful. With computers controling everything it gets the human factor out of the equation. So there are less warenty issues from people burning up clutches/missing shifts and other mistakes with manual trans. Also emissions are better with auto trans because engine and trans are programed to work together.
It is all about the bottom line. GM does not care if a few people want manual trans. The vast majority of trucks sold have autos. That is what they will sell.
Watch for other brand trucks to do the same thing. Pretty soon most all trucks will only come with auto trans. IIRC you can only get a Toyota Tundra with auto trans. IMO the days of manual transmissions in light duty full size trucks are over.
It is all about the bottom line. GM does not care if a few people want manual trans. The vast majority of trucks sold have autos. That is what they will sell.
Watch for other brand trucks to do the same thing. Pretty soon most all trucks will only come with auto trans. IIRC you can only get a Toyota Tundra with auto trans. IMO the days of manual transmissions in light duty full size trucks are over.
eclipse
1/2 ton status
the days of buying a new real are over. Too much fluff
sta500666
1/2 ton status
well thats weak sause...
I'm going to have to go along with the "breaking stuff" theory. GM can't control how you drive a manual, they can with an automatic. What do they call it, torque control or some such? The change probably has to do with the demand for insane (compared to 15 years ago) amounts of power in the rigs...if the motors were as weak now as they were 15 years ago, you couldn't hurt the drivetrain if you tried. Now you've got issues with the 14FF enough that there is an 11.5" diff.
I doubt strength of the transmissions themselves are an issue, from what I understand, the new autos used in trucks are absolutely massive, comparable weight/size manual has to be at least equivalent in strength.
I think dropping the manuals in the trucks was dumb, but of all the people complaining about it, or even solid front axles, how many were actually in a position to BUY a new truck, and thus took their business to Dodge or Ford? Same story with the Camaro: uproar that it was disappearing, but sales sucked.
You are already seeing the resurgence of the manual in American cars, I hope people are realizing that it is indeed more fun to drive a manual than it is an automatic.
With the rising cost of fuel, more and more may go that route, (see the dominance of manual transmissions in Europe and the $7.70/gallon diesel price thread) although the hybrid vehicles apparently remove any possibility for a manual, so remains to be seen how popular those get.
I doubt strength of the transmissions themselves are an issue, from what I understand, the new autos used in trucks are absolutely massive, comparable weight/size manual has to be at least equivalent in strength.
I think dropping the manuals in the trucks was dumb, but of all the people complaining about it, or even solid front axles, how many were actually in a position to BUY a new truck, and thus took their business to Dodge or Ford? Same story with the Camaro: uproar that it was disappearing, but sales sucked.
You are already seeing the resurgence of the manual in American cars, I hope people are realizing that it is indeed more fun to drive a manual than it is an automatic.
With the rising cost of fuel, more and more may go that route, (see the dominance of manual transmissions in Europe and the $7.70/gallon diesel price thread) although the hybrid vehicles apparently remove any possibility for a manual, so remains to be seen how popular those get.
sta500666
1/2 ton status
I will be in the position to buy a new truck in about 2 years, and I got to say the the super duty ford kinda has my eye as much as I'd like to purchase and 2500HD Duramax...
and here is one in action you cant see it very well in the pic, but a track hoe and a dozer couldnt budge this truck backwards so this guy said hell with it and hooked up to the stuck truck and drug him out. he did pretty well in the tug-o-war contest too!
jonathanjay743
Registered Member
If the demand was strong enough Chevy would do it. Like most business owners they will do what helps their bottom line. I like sticks & straight axle trucks, I really think chevy doesn't think thats popular opinion. If I was going new (which Im not), I would go straight axle Ford or Dodge.
