manual steering

Arm-powered wheel control

Manual steering is a vehicle steering system that relies entirely on the driver's physical effort, without hydraulic or electric power assistance.

Before power steering became standard in the mid-20th century, all cars had manual steering.

The term now appears mainly when discussing older vehicles or as a rare option on lightweight sports cars where drivers prefer direct road feel: The base model comes with manual steering.

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turn the wheel · effort · road feel · feedback · mechanical · linkage · arms · tie rod · gearbox · worm gear · heavy · arm strength · parking · low speed · muscle · physical · direct · vintage

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Opposites
power assistance

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Assisted vehicle directional control

EPS

driver involvement

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Directing its own course

autopilot · self-driving · autonomous driving · autosteer

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Top 200,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G