News []It sounds, feels, and jerks like the real thing.
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[]Interestingly, Lexus, a luxury car brand, never made all that many manual transmission vehicles. Its last was the 2013 IS 250 C. But for whatever reason, Lexus is hanging on to yesteryear and recently started teasing a prototype version of its Lexus UX 300e, complete with a gear lever and a “clutch” pedal. And yes, it’s all software-based, even if it looks, feels, and sounds like the real thing.
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[]The British site EVO Magazine posted a video on Twitter, giving us our first glance at a Lexus prototype. The vehicle has a fake tachometer to watch the RPMs, plays artificial engine noises over the speakers, and the driver can engage the clutch and shift gears when necessary.
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