Within the last 10 years, the sales of automatic cars has increased by over 40 percent. Likely due to them being far easier to learn to drive in and with the push of electric cars increasing, the day of the manual transmission is limited.
So really it comes down to driveability and control. If you like the idea of being able to control your car down to the finest detail, then you’re better off going manual. If like many of us, you just want to get where we need to get to with as little fuss as possible, go for automatic.
Driveability can still be an issue on some cheaper models of automatic cars as we’ve said with sluggish gear changes, so if you’re vehicle choice is restricted by budget, be sure to check out as many reviews as possible and test drive before purchase.