Can a Manual Transmission Skip Gears When Upshifting?
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Manual transmission can skip gears when upshifting, but skipping gears means you need to accelerate aggressively, rapidly increasing the engine speed in a short time. This places a significant burden on the engine and is not beneficial for its longevity. Additionally, sudden acceleration reduces ride comfort. In contrast, smooth acceleration with sequential upshifting allows the vehicle to speed up steadily, causing no harm to the engine while providing better ride comfort. A manual transmission, also known as a manual gearbox (MT), requires the driver to manually shift gears by moving the gear lever, which changes the gear engagement inside the transmission and alters the gear ratio to achieve speed variation.