With most brands in Europe abandoning conventional internal combustion engines in the next 10 or 15 years, it is now one of the largest brands in the world. announcements and other important news. Volkswagen has announced that it will abandon manual transmissions as of 2030.
The news is not particularly surprising, given that the electric cars they don’t have a manual transmission, and Volkswagen’s plans are just that. According to Auto Motor und Sport, the first car of the new generation, which will be available only with an automatic transmission, will be the next generation of the Tiguan crossover.
Gradually, the entire German range will follow this trend, including the Passat, Golf and other models that will remain in Volkswagen’s portfolio. Most likely, the change will affect other brands of the VW Group, but there is no confirmed information yet.
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