New launches in market Maruti IGNIS AMT and Maruti Wagon R LXI AMT new variants with automatic transmission , some are getting confused with automatic transmission variants.I am going to clear all these doubts. Lets clear first what is AMT.

AMT (Automatic Manual Transmission) is same as the Manual Transmission Gearbox or you can say traditional gearbox the only difference is the clutch and gear shifting is done with the automatic clutch actuator and auto gear shift with electro mechanical gear actuator. All these is done with smart control unit mounted on them. The gearbox is same but the work is automatic and saving fuel and increasing efficiency we have less power losses. The cost of manufacturing is also less as we have no different equipment's same localized parts for Manual and AMT giving manufacturer more cost reduction for different variants.

In my next article i will be discussing different automatic transmission in indian market like Volkswagen DSG , CVT and AT with torque convertor.