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And then there’s the Nissan Versa that comes standard with a manual gearbox as a way to both maintain its standing as the most-affordable car in America, and to wring the most out of its tepid (though fuel-efficient) 122-horsepower engine.
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Shifting is through a four-speed or optional—and more robust—five-speed manual gearbox, or a three-speed automatic transmission, available from 1976.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
No spinning blades, no gearboxes, just kinetic poetry turned into energy.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Indeed, if the manual gearbox had the DSG automatic's ratios, the paragraphs above would have a very different tenor.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
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Jim Gorzelany, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Shifting is through a four-speed or optional—and more robust—five-speed manual gearbox, or a three-speed automatic transmission, available from 1976.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 5 Sep. 2025
No spinning blades, no gearboxes, just kinetic poetry turned into energy.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 3 Sep. 2025
Indeed, if the manual gearbox had the DSG automatic's ratios, the paragraphs above would have a very different tenor.
—ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Gearbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gearbox. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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gearbox
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gear·box
ˈgi(ə)r-ˌbäks 
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