The 6-Speed Showdown - Manual vs ZF Auto

[Steffo]

Originally Posted by [ NZTS50 ]

You like to Google don't you Steffo...... : 30kgs isn't much but still worth 6hp in ratio/weight. I agree, Autos out of stock form sure, but in most cases stock to warm builds manual will win all the time for the fastest times. Consistency is why many turn to Autos, plain & simple. You gotta make rounds...no point running PB in the 1st round then missing cogs every other round. At the track consistency wins.

A few years ago, manual winning over and over may have been true, but not anymore. Modern auto's can shift faster then any human, period. Doesn't matter if you're Joe Six-Pack of Michael Schumacher, it'll change gears faster then you can press a clutch pedal and move a gear-stick through a H-pattern, period. That's the beauty of efficient technology.