A spokesman for the Stuttgart-based company announced on Wednesday that the switch to automatic transmissions is model-specific when switching to new vehicle generations. “With increasing electrification, we see that customer demand is shifting towards electric mobility components, batteries and (partially) electric drive systems,” said the spokesman. Accordingly, Mercedes-Benz would “gradually no longer offer manual transmissions”. In the current portfolio, models of the A and B classes as well as the CLA with manual transmission are still available. The changeover would be due in 2023, but the company did not want to say exactly when for reasons of competition. The “Stuttgarter Zeitung” and the “Stuttgarter Nachrichten” had previously reported on it (Wednesday).
Source: Nachrichten
