Bmw going for 8-speed automatic gearbox
By Andrew C., 27 Aug, 2010. 0 Comments
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In the struggle to get to the top, the minutest detail can be the subject of one of the most intense competitive subjects in luxury car-making industry. When Mercedes-Benz came out with a 7-speed automatic, Lexus, together with Audi, BMW and Hyundai, promptly reacted with an 8-speed auto. These gearboxes are crammed with the latest technology and can either generate lightning fast upshifts and downshifts or provide occupants with seamless, subtle gear changes. Although the most current front replaces the conventional torque converter with a set of clutches that causes gearshifts from one to the next in speeds much less than a second. These dual-clutch systems, though they are terrific performance equipment, are quite expensive and more complicated than their more conventional counterpart. It is not wonder, therefore, to know that the popular Bavarian carmaker is holding on to the tried and tested automatic gearbox in its high selling models.
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