Ford/GM development of 9 and 10 speed transmissions

[wildabeast]

Ford, GM to Develop Advanced Automatic Transmissions | PowerBlog
I might be a JDM guy, but news like this can make car building and direction change for large markets with trends trickling over to other markets.

Thoughts?

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[Flyn]

American companies teaming up to try to beat BMW/Mercedes/Audi/Honda/Toyota. It's a good idea. Ford and GM should both get some good new technology out of combining their resources.

 

[Spivitz]

My favoite part of the web page was the related post @ the bottom

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

Well until the steel belts in CVT transmissions can actually handle power and torque then this is the next best option

 

[Stink Star]

COURTNEY HANSON SUCKS

 

[SRT41320]

COURTNEY HANSON SUCKS

my penis!

 

[SRT41320]

Well until the steel belts in CVT transmissions can actually handle power and torque then this is the next best option

also I think its the technology of using automated manual transmissions as automatics instead of hydraulic units... can cram a lot more gearing in the same space plus less power loss

... dodge dart is supposed to be getting a 9 speed by 3rd quarter!

 

[cacicgtp7]

10 speed trans.... holy fuck. I mean casually accelerating up to 50mph will have like 7 shifts...

I wonder how far 1st gear goes... 8 mph? Will be awesome for mpg's though.

 

[Turbocharged400sbc]

This all started cause of F&F

 

[BrianG]

I can't wait to see the internals on one of these at the auto show.

 

[nick122590]

who cares. Schwinn did this a long time ago!

 

[BS ISF]

Here is a pic of the lexus isf 8-speed ZF trans. crazy shit!

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[BlizzardTC]

taking food out of eaton fuller's mouth i see.

 

[DOC-Z]

How heavy is this trans. going to be? I mean, the 3-speed trans we took out of my fathers old Pontiac weighed about the same as the T5 in my old T/A. However, the T5 had an alum. casing, where the 3-speed housing was cast and slightly rusted iron.

Still, very cool to conceptualize a 10 speed transmission. I'm w/ BrianG and would like to see the cut-away of that at the Auto Show