Eight-Speed Automatic Corvette Could Arrive in 2016
29 Jan 2014, 13:53 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Back in December, a technical paper GM submitted with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) revealed that the seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette is getting ready to receive an eight-speed aut...
Innovative New Transmission From Graziano Revealed
13 Dec 2013, 17:40 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / The first details of a new hybrid automatic manual gearbox have been revealed at the CTI Symposium Berlin today, promising to offer a ground-breaking take on the now old-school sequential transmissi...
2014 Range Rover Evoque Is 11% More Efficient Thanks to 9-Speed Auto
20 Aug 2013, 09:18 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Land Rover did not receive too much criticism over the Evoque, mainly because people were too busy staring at it to notice anything else. But the one thing people did have a problem with was that th...
Opel Announces All-New Six-Speed Gearbox for Adam
7 Aug 2013, 11:22 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Opel is finally catching up to this trend for better gearboxes, as together with the new 1.0 SIDI Turbo engine they've also just revealed all-new six-speed gearbox. "With a dry weight o...
Mercedes-Benz Details New Nine-Speed Automatic
25 Jul 2013, 13:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Earlier this week we were telling you about Mercedes’ new 9G-Tronic nine-speed automatic transmission that will make its debut on the E350 BlueTec model. Now, the German company has released f...
Mercedes E350 BlueTec Gains 9G-Tronic Nine-Speed Automatic
22 Jul 2013, 14:59 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker Mercedes-Benz has announced the introduction of a newly developed nine-speed automatic transmission on the E350 BlueTec model. Available with a seven-speed 7G-Tronic gearbox up u...
Volkswagen Announces DSG Recall in Japan
10 May 2013, 14:30 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Volkswagen Group is recalling around 91,000 cars in Japan over potential DSG transmission issues that have already led to a massive recall in China, the world's biggest auto market. Accordin...
Buick Keeps Offering Manual Transmissions to Give Customers a Choice
19 Jun 2012, 12:48 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The manual transmissions have an interesting story in the us: while most Americans prefer the comfort of an automatic, when it comes to performance driving, US customers are more keen that Europeans...
BMW Also Developing 7-Speed Manual Gearbox
7 Jun 2012, 07:40 UTC · By: Andrei Nedelea / It’s clear that the German manufacturers have gone gear-crazy adding more and more cogs to their gearboxes, both automatic ones and manuals, as well. A few people may not have known what to ma...
Jeep Grand Cherokee to Get Eight-Speed Transmission
5 Oct 2011, 15:28 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / Automotive producers seem to have identified the holy grail of increased fuel efficiency, as being an automatic transmission with as many ratios as possible. While Hyundai is working to develop a 10...
Hyundai 10-Speed Transmission Coming in 2014
29 Sep 2011, 15:00 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / The push for reducing emission is seeing automotive engineers developing more and more solutions that help cars keep their fuel in the tank for longer. The latest development of this kind comes fro...
FIA Confirms New Tire, Gearbox Rules for 2011 Formula 1
14 Dec 2010, 08:45 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The International Automobile Federation (FIA) confirmed a new set of tire rules for the 2011 season of Formula One. As you all know, Bridgestone will no longer supply the F1 teams with the necessary...
Xtrac Offers DSG Alternative
6 Dec 2010, 08:05 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Xtrac has finally revealed their new gearbox technology this week. It’s called the Instantaneous Gearchange System (IGS) and it has been developed over two years of motorsport competitions. Th...
Twelve Buyers Interested in Honda F1 Team Purchase
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Honda seems to be getting pretty close to finally selling their Formula 1 operations to an interested investor. After announcing there have been plenty of offers to take over the F1 team following H...
BMW Recalls 2,500 M3's for a Software Update
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Alex Tudorache / BMW just launched a double clutch gearbox, and we can see that making one is no easy job, because the producer had to recall 2,500 of the models because of technical issues. The US NHTSA (Nationa...
Hyundai Genesis Will Roll an 8-Speed Automatic
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Dragos Rusu / 8-speed transmission for a Hyundai Genesis? That's right, it looks like Hyundai is really moving up in the world. In a bid to save even more fuel, some auto makers decided that 8-speed automati...
FIA Urge Mosley to Avoid F1 Financial Crash
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Cutting costs has become a major issue in Formula One for some time now. Ever since the budget cap discussion arose earlier this year, FIA has been trying to find newer and more efficient solutions ...
FOTA Set to Change the Face of F1 This Weekend
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / The much-awaited meeting between FOTA (Formula One Team's Association) members will take place later this weekend, with talks being focused mostly on reducing costs and implementing a new set o...
HRT F1 Buys Toyota F1 Team - Report
28 Oct 2010, 08:27 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / Hispania Racing F1 Team has reportedly bought the team formerly owned by Toyota in Formula One. According to a media report from Germany's Auto Motor und Sport, citing reliable sources, it seem...
Williams Could Sign HRT Deal for Hydraulic and Gearbox Supply
25 Oct 2010, 14:45 UTC · By: Ovidiu Panzariu / After a failed first season in Formula One – at least that's our perspective on things after the 2010 campaign – all the newly established teams are now looking to strengthen their ...