Consumers planning to buy a car prefer more automatic transmission they use cars. Automatic transmission cars, which eliminate the clutch pedal in manual transmission cars, are especially advantageous in urban use. This eliminates the need to constantly check the tachometer. Also during takeoff chance of stopping also goes to zero.

However, the prices of automatic transmission cars are quite high compared to manual transmission cars. Let’s even give an example: one of the most popular models in Turkey. Renault CLIOThe price of the base model with manual transmission is 448,000 TL at the time of writing this content. If you’re considering the automatic transmission option, you’ll have to sacrifice 516,000 TL for the bottom-tier Clio. The difference is, underestimated not the kind.

But did you know there is a third option? Manual transmission cars without a clutch pedal!

Yes, in these cars you have to shift gears yourself, but you don’t have to press the clutch pedal. In fact, there is no pedal to press. well this how is it possible?

Why do manual transmission cars have a clutch pedal?

The animation above provides a simple visual representation of what happens during gear shifting. When you notice it, the system is complete with gears are connected. This is where the pedal, which we call the clutch, comes into play.

When you depress the clutch, the gears are disengaged so you can shift. Attempting to shift gears without depressing the clutch will damage these gears. In public “disassemble the gearboxThe situation referred to as “will refund a large amount of cost to the driver.

If you don’t push the pedal enough, the gears rub against each other and say “bye” you hear a noise. If you hear this noise, you can be sure that the gears in the gearbox are slightly worn.

How about a manual car without a clutch if the clutch separates the gears?

In fact, there is only one difference between manual cars without a clutch pedal and manual cars with a clutch pedal. This difference the pedal itself. However, when we move towards the gearbox, we see that this difference disappears. In other words, manual transmission cars without a clutch pedal also have a clutch system. Nothing but not managed by the driver.

Automakers have given different names to the pedalless clutch systems they have developed. These names are Intelligent Manual Transmission (iMT), sensonic, selectronic, automated manual transmission (AMT) or quickshift. Although the names are different gearbox technology always almost the same.

The pedal is managed by the electronic system and sensors!

On cars with a manual gearbox without a clutch pedal, it controls the clutch system from the gearbox. electronic system and sensors consists. In other words, the driver’s work in such cars is performed by automatic systems.

Software that already knows that the car has to upshift after a certain circuit; the driver takes action before shifting gears and the vehicle is stationary. The driver also shifts without pedals. In fact, a robot depresses the clutch pedal instead of the driver in such cars.

Manual transmission cars without clutch pedals are not that new technology!

If you think that electronic systems that replace the clutch pedal are new technologies, you’re wrong. For example, Saab, which no longer even makes cars, produced cars without clutch pedals in the 1990s.

On the other hand, Mercedes-Benz, which is one of the industry’s big names, was too A series It produced cars with manual transmission without clutch pedal in various models including.

Hyundai Bayon also has a manual transmission without a clutch pedal!

South Korean car manufacturer hyundaiA few years ago, Intelligent Manual Transmission (iMT) introduced its clutch system to users. We have seen this system in models called Bayon, which are also sold in our country, and Venue, which are not available in Turkey. Versions with iMT understand that the driver will shift and for gear changes gets it ready.

So what’s your take on this? Do you prefer manual transmission cars without a clutch pedal, which is between manual transmission cars and automatic transmission cars?