Software Update Released by FCA US LLC to Improve Vehicle Security & Infotainment
19 Jul 2015, 12:54 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles releases software update to improve vehicle electronic security and communications system enhancements
Magna Buys Transmission Maker Getrag for $1.9 Billion
16 Jul 2015, 13:10 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Stuttgart-based Getrag makes about 3 billion euros worth of gearboxes for Ford, Renault, Mercedes, Smart and other car companies
Confined Jeep Renegade SUVs Fixed, to Arrive at Dealers This Week
1 Jun 2015, 14:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A new report claims that the two-mile long line of confined Jeep Renegade SUVs on a test track near Toledo are now on their way to dealers
Jeep Transmission Problem Makes Sergio Marchionne Have “a Very Bad Engineering Day”
21 May 2015, 14:42 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / "I’m having a very bad engineering day... It’s a combination of attributes of that vehicle that is making my life horrible." Should we be worrying about Jeep?
11-Speed Automatic Transmission Patent Filed by Ford Motor Company With the USPTO
11 Apr 2015, 12:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Prepare for an 11-speed automatic transmission in the near future. Unfortunately, the Ford Motor Company is currently coy on details about the 11-speed tranny
Powertrain Layouts, Advantages and Disadvantages
13 Feb 2015, 19:20 UTC · By: Gabriel Brindusescu / A relatively short guide on front-wheel, rear-wheel, all-wheel and four-wheel drive transmission layouts, with their advantages and disadvantages
CVT Gearbox Considered for Production by GM
23 Jan 2015, 11:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After the Blue Oval’s failed epically with the Ohio-made CVT of the Five Hundred, FoMoCo is now back on track with the continuously variable box. Toyota’s Aisin Seiki Corp. supplies the ...
Kokomo Transmission Plant Receives $266M Investment Over Increasing Demand
25 Dec 2014, 08:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / To make a long story short, the Kokomo Transmission Plant produced some 300,000 eight-speed automatic gearboxes in 2013. In the first eleven months of 2014, the FCA US LLC-owned facility manufacture...
CVT Transmission Considered by Ford for Less Torquey Engines
10 Dec 2014, 17:43 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The last time Ford put a CVT in a nonhybrid car, the effort wasn’t too appreciated by the drivers. If you remember the sorry Five Hundred full-size sedan from 2007, it’s easy to understa...
2015 GMC Yukon Denali Gains 8L90 Eight-Speed Automatic Transmission
6 Nov 2014, 18:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Originally developed for the 2015 Corvette Z06, GM’s Hydra-Matic 8L90 eight-speed auto trickled to the normal 2015 Corvette and the 2015 Cadillac Escalade. Designed to be mated exclusively to ...
Innovative 6-Speed Automatic Transmission to Equip Future Hyundai Hybrid Models
5 Nov 2014, 16:41 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though a six-speed automatic is not what anyone would call big news in this day and age, the new cog swapper from Hyundai is hiding a big ace up its sleeve - it will incorporate the electric mo...
Chrysler Starts Producing 9-Speed Auto At Tipton Facility · Video
14 May 2014, 11:59 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / After years of sitting idle, the American manufacturer recently celebrated the reopening of its facility in Tipton County. With the help of three nearby facilities located in Kokomo, the Indiana-bas...
Stick Shifts Fetch More than Automatics: Barrett-Jackson Data Analysis
24 Feb 2014, 14:31 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / A Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2014 sale data analysis by Spork Marketing and H&H Classic has revealed that classic vehicles fitted with manual transmissions bring considerably more at auctions th...
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...
GM to Add “a Lot of Neat Models and Editions” to Its Pickup Truck Lineup
17 Jan 2014, 12:58 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors has reiterated its plans to add new models and special edition versions to its Chevrolet and GMC pickup truck lineup. The company didn’t go into specifics, but said we should ex...
2015 C 63 AMG Doesn't Get a Dual-Clutch Transmission
6 Jan 2014, 14:34 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / We are still about nine or ten months away from an official launch of the Mercedes-Benz C 63 AMG W205, but reports about the model have started appearing even before the non-AMG C-Class W205 was unv...
GM to Invest $1.3 Billion in US Plant Upgrades
17 Dec 2013, 10:20 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / General Motors will invest nearly $1.3 billion in five manufacturing facilities across the United States, the Detroit-based automaker announced today. The investments will fund production of a ne...
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...
2013 COPO Camaro Recalled Over Transmission Issue
13 Dec 2013, 17:04 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / About 52 of the 69 COPO Chevrolet Camaros built for the 2013 model year need to be inspected over a potential transmission issue, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced...
C7 Corvette Getting Eight-Speed Automatic: First Details Surface
9 Dec 2013, 10:03 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / The 2014 Corvette Stingray is the most fuel efficient Vette ever built. It is now offering an increase of 1 mpg city and 3 mpg highway over the sixth-generation model, but those figures could improv...