14 Dec 2010, 14:52 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / American carmaker Chrysler has just announced that it is pondering a new investment in the Kokomo Transmission Plant (KTP), the same site that received last month a major financial backing from the ...
18 Aug 2010, 07:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Chinese appetite for American car manufacturers and the glory the same American manufacturers are enjoying in China takes the most diverse shapes these days. GM for instance, already a partner o...
11 Aug 2010, 13:32 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / The development of a multi-speed gearbox for electric vehicles (EVs) that needs no clutch is underway, British company Zeroshift announced today, while also revealing details of the concept that cou...
19 Jul 2010, 11:15 UTC · By: Andrei Tutu / When talking about a contemporary premium vehicle, one of the important components that offers the luxury feel is the gearbox. The transmissions have a difficult job, as modern large capacity engine...
10 Jun 2010, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Chrysler announced yesterday it will invest $300 million to upgrade the Kokomo, Indiana facility and make it ready to begin production of a new eight-speed automatic transmissi...
4 Jun 2010, 07:31 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / One and a half years after a joint venture agreement has been signed by Italian manufacturer Magneti Marelli with the Chinese from SAIC, a new plant operated by the two companies has been inaugurate...
21 May 2010, 08:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American manufacturer Ford announced today it will start production of a new TorqShift six-speed automatic transmission at the Sharonville Transmission Plant in Ohio, a transmission which will go in...
10 May 2010, 09:53 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / After being adopted by Toyota and Honda as standard for their 2010 Japanese Super GT cars, Ricardo’s GT transmission has now been made available for GT1 and GT2 applications. This six-speed se...
29 Mar 2010, 06:55 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford announced today it has started production of the PowerShift dual-clutch automatic transmission for the 2011 Ford Fiesta. The new dual-clutch automatic transmission is prod...
18 Feb 2010, 11:20 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The 8-speed transmission installed on the all-new 2011 A8 is about to become the most "popular" gearbox across the entire Audi range as the German brand is currently studying the possibili...
8 Jan 2010, 10:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Having partnered, forced by the circumstances, with Italian manufacturer Fiat last year, American manufacturer Chrysler saw itself forced to rethink its powertrain strategy and, in places, reverse i...
7 Jan 2010, 10:29 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / Lotus made a true philosophy out of making light cars and they are not stopping now. Following its quest for lightweight, the British car manufacturer has submitted a patent application for a lighte...
18 Nov 2009, 08:15 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Moscow-based KATE company contracted Eco-Inovation Technology Company Ricardo for the development of a new 7-speed automatic transmission for use in AvtoVAZ cars. KATE was selected by AvtoVAZ to de...
23 Oct 2009, 13:40 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / BorgWarner will supply a number of transmission components for Hyundai's new six-speed automatic gearboxes, the company announced in a statement today. The new transmission range will be offere...
9 Sep 2009, 13:05 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Not only that Honda is preparing a new sport-tourer powered by a V4 engine with displacement of 1200cc set to take the place of the defunct Blackbird, but the model will also come with the world&rsq...
23 Jul 2009, 08:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Australian manufacturer Holden will repair Cruze's imprecise transmission as the cars come in for service, officials of the company announced today. The car was launched a few weeks ago but con...
15 Jun 2009, 13:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following the success it had with the new Fiesta, American manufacturer Ford has decided to fit the Fiesta with the Durashift automatic transmission. The gearbox will be mated to the 1.4l Duratec pe...
22 May 2009, 08:01 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / We already found out from a number of smart owners that the transmission systems integrated into these tiny vehicles aren't exactly the best ones, especially from the point of view of urban dri...
28 Apr 2009, 13:08 UTC · By: Tudor Raiciu / Though regarded by many German-lovin' fanatics as some poor Asian people who can barely put together a car, let alone develop technologies, Kia have managed to come up with their very own 6-spe...
31 Mar 2009, 17:32 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The automatic versus manual dispute regarding the transmission systems installed on a specific car has been going on for quite some time now, especially when a certain automaker came out with the &q...