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Maybe not your experiences, but, to me, their transmissions: * hastened the inevitable transition away from manual gearboxes in cars * gave a bit of a “last h
by crazyjncsu 3y ago
Maybe not your experiences, but, to me, their transmissions:
* hastened the inevitable transition away from manual gearboxes in cars
* gave a bit of a “last hurrah” to ICE powertrains in general
Quick-shifting, gobs of gears, lockup torque converters, and reliable to boot. I don’t hear the word “slushbox” being thrown around like it was previously to describe automatic transmissions. And I credit it mostly to ZF.
- hamburglar 3y agoAs an owner of an M4 with the ZF 8 speed, I can attest that it’s not a slushbox. It’s completely changed my mind about how a manually-shifted auto transmission with a torque converter can behave, and I don’t see any reason to ever go back to a true manual. My only real complaint is that 8 is too many gears so they are naturally narrower and the car ends up being designed around keeping your engine speed in a fairly small band, and low end torque suffers.