Compared to the manual transmission, the electronic control of the double clutch transmission provides low fuel consumption values. In the automatic and U transmission, the energy consumption of the control hydraulics has a negative effect.
The production costs of the manual transmission are low. The high construction expense and the low stage of development make both the high-performance hydrostatic transmission as well as the U transmission cost-intensive concepts, the latter only to a limited extent.
The weight of the U and Double Clutch Transmission is just slightly higher than the manual transmission. Classical ATs generally weigh more. The high-performance hydrostatic transmission which is much heavier and requires much more space, has a different position.
Large differences between individual transmission designs cannot be expected when considering the criteria life and maintenance. An advantage of the AT is that the trilok converter largely compensates rotational vibrations and thus takes care of the entire drive train at an open bridging clutch.