Overview
Do you have still the Mercedes manual gearbox? If you love Mercedes MT this would be the last year of its production. Mercedes gradually out the manual gearbox from its production due to low customer demand. The automatic gearbox offers more function and relaxed driving. It seems like the clutch pedal will no more the part of Mercedes cars in the future. According to the German report by an authentic Mercedes person, buyer taste has changed with the time and the manual gearbox have no more preferences for people. Mercedes have offered huge numbers of MT in the past due to the high customer demand. The company has changed its preferences according to the customer’s demands.
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Why The Demand for MT Become Low
Electrified vehicles have strong demand all over the world and customers are interested to drive electric cars with an automatic gearbox. The automatic gearbox is easy to drive and has more functions than MT. With increasing fully electric cars production customer’s demand shifts on it.
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Is Mercedes Complete Shut-Off Manual Gearbox
Mercedes will only offer specific units with a manual gearbox. It is cost-effective for the company to produce all vehicles with a single transmission. The company has not completely shut off the manual gearbox but they will offer certain categories still with MT which A-Class, B-Class and CLA with Three Pedal setup.
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Mercedes EVs Plan
Mercedes is on the board to produce fully electric vehicles. The company has already told to media that Mercedes will completely shift to EVs by the end of the decade if the market conditions allow. Mercedes has already offered a good range of EVs and presented the vehicle in the global market.
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Conclusion
The decision to eliminate manual gearbox production is taken after the customer’s demand shifted to auto gearbox very highly. The manual gearbox is no more the high priority of people as after the electric car’s gasoline have very low priority. Mercedes electric cars platform is ready to convert the gasoline vehicles into fully electric power. The company have aim to shift all cars into EVs.
