Unlike him, you've already picked out a car.
And month's of research must have brought you to this point
And now you must be thinking that the hard part is over, right?
Wrong!
Because it's only gonna get a little more complicated
All thanks to these two cars right here!
That's right, because if you buy a Kia Sonet or a Hyundai Venue,
you are gonna have to still choose
from a number of transmission options
You can pick a manual with 6-speeds,
a manual with 5-speeds,
an intelligent manual transmission,
or better yet, you could get a dual-clutch transmission or a DCT!
Comfused yet? Because I sure am!
And there's only one way to figure out exactly
how to get rid of this confusion.
Yeah! Ride around everywhere on a bicycle!
Like that guy over there!
Nope, nope! That's not happening!
Oh, come on dude!
I am sure you'll rock those
fluorescent green trousers.
No chance!
So, most of us want to do away with the hassle of a clutch,
the question is, what will it be?
The wallet friendly iMT?
Or...
the tech-heavy DCT.
So, first things first,
this is what is says in the script, so
what is an iMT?
Okay, an iMT, very simply put,
let me just tell you what it stands for first,
is an intelligent manual transmission.
Oh, intelligent, fancy! Yeah! Yeah!
Think of this way, it's the best of both worlds,
it can give you the convenience of not having to pressing a clutch every now and then,
and at the same time, it gives you the pleasure of rowing through gears.
I mean, it just gives you more control.
So, how does an iMT work?
Sitting under the gearlever are 3 key components,
the intention sensor,
hydraulic actuator,
and transmission control unit.
When you need to shift up or down,
the intention sensor in the gearlever
sends a signal to the TCU,
the clutch then engages or disengages by itself,
you complete your shift, and the work is done.
Alright, so what you are saying is,
when I am out on a highway
I don't really have to wait on the gearbox
to shift down every time I wanna overtake, right?
Exactly, spot on!
Because, okay, let me explain you with a live example.
So, suppose we are out on a highway,
and suppose we are in the fifth gear, like we are now,
I can just lift my foot off the accelerator
and go straight into second
it rev matches,
does all the work for me,
and I just get back on the throttle.
Easy, peasy!
Okay, do me a favour,
don't ever shift from fifth to second, please.
Please, I can feel the pain of the gearbox when you do that. Right!
Also, when you an automatic transmission in manual,
it sometimes just shifts up and down the gears all by itself.
That's a pain! Yeah, yeah!
That's not something that's gonna happen here
because what you can do is,
if you are in second gear,
you can keep in second,
rev it all the way up to the 6500 redline over here
and theoretically, you can be at it all day.
So first it was the
shifting from fifth to the second gear thing,
and then now it is
staying on the redline all day!
This guy has no mechanical empathy whatsoever!
You got any more questions?
So, one last question.
The most important one.
I am sure this is the question that
each and every one of our viewers are wondering as well.
Is this as fast as a DCT?
Aah, I was waiting for this one.
I want to explain that
But before that can you get me a car with a DCT?
Oh, yes Raunak.
I can, because we just left one
at the first location where we started from.
Now, this is what I am talking about.
Faster, smooth shifts, and you don't really have to worry
about going up and down the gears in traffic
But, you were right about
shifting down and having the flexibility
of being able to shift down on the highway while overtaking.
Easier to do overtakes. That's exactly my point.
What we are saying, is that
an iMT does make the regular manual transmission seem
like an unnecessary hassle.
But the bigger question is,
So, you'd rather have an iMT over a DCT?
You know what? Ok, I see where you are coming from..
The question is valid.
There's a reason why DCTs are so good.
They are great, honestly.
But, at the end of the day,
I don't know, I mean,
the more time I spend with an iMT,
the more I am getting convinced that
it's just the best of both worlds.
Best of an automatic, and a manual.
But then again, an iMT is not as fast as a DCT, is it?
You'd be surprised but the Sonet iMT is
acutally about 0.3 seconds faster
than the DCT to 100kmph.
It's 11.68 seconds
vs 11.94 seconds.
The point is that,
you know what, the iMTs might actually be the real deal
they might be, they should be around to stay
because I think they make a lot of sense.
And let me explain that with a few points.
Take the Kia Sonet for instance,
if you compare the DCT version of the 1.0-litre turbo,
and the iMT version of the 1.0-litre turbo,
the difference is almost Rs 1 lakh.
So, essentially, you'll be spending Rs 1 lakh less
if you want an iMT vs a DCT.
Think of all that you could Rs 1 lakh.
But also, if you spent that 1 lakh,
you'd have one hand free!
Think of everything that you could do with that one free hand.
This is such a bad counterpoint.
Don't multitask while driving.
There's obviously the cost benefit
One more thing that I'd like to bring to your notice is that
think about it this way,
an iMT has fewer moving parts in it as compared to a DCT.
So, I am not saying that DCTs are unreliable and they breakdown
but at the end of the day, 4 years hence, 5 years hence,
you'd be spending a lot less on maintenance and repair bills
on an iMT, than you would be on a DCT.
Cheaper running costs, always a good thing. Exactly!
Final point that I'm gonna make,
not clincher, Thank you.
is that the iMT is more fuel efficient
than the DCT.
Wow Raunak! More fuel efficient you say! Yeah!
By how much, may I ask?
(inaudible mumbling)
I'm sorry!
(inaudible mumbling, again!)
What?
0.1kmpl!
0.1kmpl! It's not much, but it's more!
Yeah, technically it is more,
and more is more, so
I'll give you that one. Yeah.
Yeah, there you go! hmm
All that said,
there's no taking away from the fact that
DCTs are smoother
and even less hassle than an iMT.
And thereby, less tiring.
But these affordable DCTs
aren't as zippy and fun.
So in the end (it doesn't even matter...)
the iMT still keeps its appeal.
Yeah, I am almost convinced, like,
I am almost there, so imagine
there's a hill and I am on the top of the hill
like I just need a push!
So, how about we... You wanna be pushed off the hill?
Yeah, I just need a nudge
on to the other side
on the iMT side of the wall.
Let's just circle back to the Venue
and I just wanna drive it one more time
before I make up my mind.
Okay, okay. I get it, I get it.
So, yeah! That was Raunak's little TEDTalk!
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Also, let us know what your take is on the whole iMT vs the DCT thing.
There's only one take. Who wouldn't want to save some money?
I sure would like to save some money!
I am really short on money by the way.
And by the way,
do you think I can stall this?
'Cuz I'm pretty sure I can..
You cannot stall this! I almost stalled it
when we were driving it in the traffic before.
That's not possible!
How about I start it from the third gear?
Why would you start from the third gear?
What's wrong with you?
Just to stall it!
And what's wrong with me? Well,
the jury is still out on that.
Whack job!
What job?