Nissan is developing low cost AMT

Nissan is focussing its efforts on developing an Automated Manual Transmission (AMT) gearbox for its more affordable models in India.

The Japanese company currently uses its 'X-tronic' CVT gearbox on the automatic variants of the Micra and Sunny. Developed and produced by gearbox maker JATCO, a subsidiary of Nissan, the X-Tronic is one of the best CVT gearboxes around. The problem, however, is that it is expensive, especially in comparison to something as simple as Maruti's manual gearbox based AMT.