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Manual Gearbox

Also known as Manual Transmission.

A gearbox that requires the driver to change gear, as opposed to an automatic gearbox, which changes gear for you. It consists of a mechanism in the drive train with gears that varies the torque and power delivered to the driven wheels, and is operated using as a lever that the driver operates in conjunction with the clutch.