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Bob Chen (not verified)    July 15, 2017 - 1:34AM

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I prefer manual transmission. Having driven many modern automatic and manual cars, I usually find you can get better efficiency in a manual if you shift early and sometimes skip gears. I've gotten upto 50 mpg on my 2016 VW Jetta 5 spd manual. I guess CVT can be better but definitely I've read that the shifting schedule the EPA requires for the tests with the manual transmissions cripple them, and automakers can game the system with the shifting pattern of automatic transmissions to get better ratings, even if the automatic transmission doesn't get better fuel economy in real life.

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