Why are automatic transmission cars not popular in India?

hello to everybody,

                Here i am again, as such my knowledge is concerned about Automotive sector in India i think the question which is been put up here is wrong or the person who is trying to put it here is not very much concerned with the Automotive sector in India .... well my saying is like this just because as such if we see in our previous indian automotive fields then there was a korean based company of automobile named as Daewoo so here i am trying to correct the thinking of the person who is putting these kinda questioinare that during that times of 1997-99 in these times indian public was been aware of this new technology called automatic versions in automobile sector in india may be Daewoo was the first one to launch it or sumbody else in india but my approach is this that it is now to be a second decade (nearly to be 12 to 15 years) that we are concerning to the technology of automatic versions of cars in india rather we can say in those times people use to mport the automatic versions of BMW with automatic transmission to india or other brands products to india .....so this technology is not new to india anymore as well now we all know that in india we also have the automatic versions in our hatchbacks e.g two box seil cars like i10 automatic is there etc. and whereas the point of adapting this technology it is very much clear that if u r purchasing a good automobile like BMW or  Mercedes so in that u also see that these copmpanies are making their most of the products in automatic versions. so it would be very easier to say that automatic  transmission technology is good for indian customer as it is the best approach to place the automatic technology in the country like india  

Automatic transmission cars cost significantly more than normal cars and the fuel economy is also lower.

In India where safety, economy and time is of crucial value our cars suffer and more than the purchase it’s the maintenance cost of a vehicle that is looked upon. And automatic transmission in car is relatively new to India it will take time to adapt.

Automatic transmissions are good to drive and fuel wise also very economical , comfort is excellent. The head ache is all when it goes wrong ..there si no way one can use it to move further , other than carrying them off. ... more so too complicated for a owner who however holds to a driver because of the Image in society !!

I strongly agree with Mr. David. Automatic transmission cars are expensive to own. In too much traffic, its not possible to shift to neutral gear every 30-60 seconds. As soon as the car gathers speed, sudden braking needed in traffic jams. So manual gear shifting is easy in that case.

A/T. is best suited in U.S. Highways where constant speed can be achieved.

From my viev and analysis,the main reason for less popularity of automatic transmission is the cost because people in india will think that why to pay more and get less milage for an automatic transmission.Indian cutomer's thinking is diffrent from the other deloped country's customer,more economical.And currently the buyers in indian automotive markets are more young man then old people and females and most of them are buyers of hatchbacks so they are in "Budget" so its obvious that 75000Rs. is lot of money for that kind of luxury.

Well in my opinion the maximum selling cars in India are either the small segment or the mid segment cars (2-6 Lakhs). Automatic transmission would add atleast another 5-10% equipment cost to the initial price. The cars which are priced above 10 lakhs the cost impact in terms of percentage is not much therefore we see more of automatic cars which are on the higher segment. The reduction of fuel economy factor I feel is just a paradigm. There is no increase in fuel consumption.

In almost all cities in India, Roads are with less width and there are no more scope to widen them and driving auto geared vehicles on those roads are very impractical as auto geared vehicle has to maintain a minimum reference speed limit to get the gear changed and for which traffic jam does not support.

Also auto geared vehicles, if runs down on the road while on move, it cannot be even pushed to bring to the road side which in turn creat a havoc with major traffic jam.

The condition of roads in cities are not much developed and the auto geared vehicle require smooth road to move than only maintainance cost are nominal, other wise it is huge.

Automatic transmission is a good concept, No any sales man having a knowledge of it, due to that they can't permote it & conveince the customer.

In India, Its been seen only in sedans 7 L ++ range until now. Even though i10 launched it. But its still new to us and it will take time.

Also why would one be ready to pay 75000-80000 extra and in return take 2-3 km less mileage. 

Its quite new and will take time for Indians to properly experience and accept the technology and luxury.

In future Auto Transmission may be prefered commonly as driving with A/T is very comfortable. Only Problem is cost of maintenance/repairs. Manufacturing at local (in India ) level & Mass production will reduce the cost . This technology is definetly a Better technology for driving comfort.

My observation is the manufacturers are not so keen to promote this because, it requires skilled technisian to attend these cars. They dont want to cause more cost to train and take risk. Otherwise, market has the acceptance, When people want to buy a 6-7 lac Fabia or Punto, Why dont they prefer Auto tran ones with a marginal increasee in price.

this time i do apologize to the persons out here for what ever they thought and in what sense they took my relies over here but infact my intention was not to create any inhuman views regarding myself to everyone it was only the thing which i been through and i just stated infront of u means everybody out here so it is very simple if u can get again to my previous conclusions i m nt making an awareness to a certain brands out here neither i am and even though if u people are having an a oral GD out here with an worldwide opinions then u must have to agree with everybodies points of views and again for the sake of making u clear my views i wasnt clearing up the brands i was just simply pointing out dat the thing which is new technology from ur prospective to india is basically that thing which indian customer has been experiencing from last decade seriously if not yet cleared then i must say u must concern the launching of daewoo in india and its products in 1997-99 coz i do own an daewoo cielo with an automatic shift which is the model of year 1999 so that what it was sir no issues no problems with me i hope now so simply sharing the views if agreed then it should be my good experience with an experties out here other wise u can also further upgrade me up with sumthing new with u dats all i have for now may god bless u all have a nice day sir .........

our traffic condition is not suitable for it,

Make sure you look after your transmission the proper way. Transmission issues often cause people to cringe contemplating how much money it is going to cost them to fix. You may have to obtain a money advance to replace your transmission faster than anticipated if you do not regularly take care of it. Make certain you change your transmission fluid and filter at least twice a year, and have regular maintenance done, and you should keep your transmission running smoothly a little longer.If we discovered lately that our cars have problem,we will encounter a bigger problem.Why?Because it will make us spend a lot more money because other parts of the car will also be set for repair.