Training on manual cars also improved last 10 years. Don't know about other countries but here fuel economy is a mandatory part of training. Recent manual cars

Training on manual cars also improved last 10 years. Don't know about other countries but here fuel economy is a mandatory part of training. Recent manual cars provide indicators on when to switch. You can combine that signal and training for better fuel economy. TBH, I don't know how that compares with automatic.