I had certainly come a long way from when I learned to drive—a Maruti with a four-speed manual gearbox, or as the Americans call it, a ‘stick shift’. I remember when Maruti and Daewoo brought in vehicles in the late 90s with a five-speed gearbox. My mother’s driver at the time was extremely suspicious of the fifth gear and refused to use it. Today, many manual vehicles come with six-speed gearboxes.

Kushan Mitra reports

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