The original Land Rover had a 4-speed gearbox from the Rover P3. The upcoming Land Rovers will have a 9-speed automatic they developed together with ZF. It's clever and all, but I'm just wondering where will it end?
ZF's latest 9-speed is one hot tranny
Sure, its a first for automatic, front-wheel-drive vehicles, but ZF's just walking in the footsteps of semi-truck transmission builders with its 9-speed gearbox, which will offer all the all-wheel-drive/floor wax/dessert topping flexibility those zed-effing Germans can muster.
Cheaper! Lighter! ZF's Carbon Fiber MacPherson Strut
This carbon fiber ZF MacPherson strut concept is designed specifically for cheap Euro micro-shitboxes. Sweet. Carbon fiber for the masses! [ZF via Automobile]
Audi Transmissions: Eight-Speed Is The New Six, Seven
According to InsideLine, Audi's looking to put the 2011 A8
Tokyo Motor Show: Mitsubishi Concept ZT
The betting odds say the Mitsubishi Concept ZT shown here at the Tokyo Auto Show this week will be the next Mitsubishi Gallant. And with a high-po 2.2-liter diesel and some new looks, we're guessing Mitsubishi can't be thinking their doing too much wrong with this here concept-cum-prototype. Full press release from the …
Report: Mercedes Seeks Supplier for Eight-Speed Manumatic
According to German mag Auto Motor und Sport Mercedes is looking toward suppliers to provide a new eight-speed, dual-clutch gearbox rather than build such clockworks in house. The move would give Merc a performance differentiator against Lexus and BMW
Six is for Peasants: ZF Unveils 8-Speed Automatic
When the Bangled 7-series dropped just a few short years ago (2002), one of its high-tech highlights was the world's first 6-speed automatic by transmission maker to the stars, ZF. Shortly after the Bimmer dropped, Jaguar, Audi, Bentley, Land Rover and Ford (in their Australia only RWD Falcon) adopted the smooth and…
Eight! With Coming ZF Box, BMW Will Match Lexus
The great cog war of the 2010s may involve cars with as many gears as our first Schwinn. But let's not get ahead of ourselves — we're still on eight. Last year, Toyota broke the seven-speed threshold with an eight box for its Lexus models. Now, BMW will soon be offering a new eight-speed automatic transmission —…
Four Square: Maserati to Offer Quattroporte in Automatic
There's a lot to love about Maserati's Quattroporte, the snarly V8, the sumo-lizard body shape, the King Henry the XXX interior. But its DuoSelect robotic gearbox, the only one offered up to now, is neither sporty enough nor supple enough to satisfy either end of its range of upper-crust buyers. But, as the company…
