Hyundai delivers a new manual transmission – without a clutch pedal
Many reports recently showed that few cars are still available with a manual transmission, and that the number is decreasing each year, as a study last April showed that of 327 different models sold in the American market. Only 41 are still offered by the choice of manual transmission, which shows that manual gearboxes are on their way to the end, but Hyundai and Kia Ray have another.
A new manual speed box from the Korean group
A report published on the AutoCar India website showed that the Korean group is about to offer several small cars such as Hyundai Venue, Kia SONET, with a new manual speed box. Without clutch pedal.
The new Hyundai Speed Box is called IMT, abbreviated for " Intelligent Manual Transmission, Intelligent Manual Transmission ", and Hwa is a normal manual transmission, but the device does the clutch function " clutch". Instead of the driver, this explains the absence of the third pedal.
Is this the first time a manual speed box offers such a?
Many car lovers may wonder, because the idea of a machine or mechanical part that performs a clutch function is not a new idea, and it is the same idea as a gearbox known as AMT. The short-run "Automatic Manual Transmission", which was introduced in several cars earlier.
This is quite true, but according to the report, Hyundai said the new speed fund IMT. It will be significantly smoother and faster, unlike the AMT gearbox, the gears will be shifted by a normal transmission stick like that of any other vehicle, not a stick similar to automatic gearboxes.
How does the new speed box work?
The company also indicated that the new manual gearbox will operate with a sensor called "attention Sensor, a sensor mounted on the transmission stick, Which is at a touch sends a message to the speed box to be prepared for upshifts or downshifts.
In other words, the driver does not need to take his foot off the accelerator during shifting gears, as he does with the normal manual gearbox, which results in smoother shifts. And most important is more comfortable.