01M

The legendary 4-speed automatic transmission 01M of Audi-Volswagen own manufacture (preceded by 095 / 096 models) has been produced for 20+ years, from 1995, for all popular FWD VW, Seat and Skoda (as well as Audi А3) vehicles with engines from 1.6l to 2.0l positioned transversally.

The most popular transmission in rebuilding is the 096 transmision. It had been assembled at some Volkswagen factories until 2009, while the 01M has been installed on the Passat series (China) up to the date. The German factories used the the 01N unit on the Passat series with various engines (A4, A6, Cabrio).

The less popular modification 01P (its predecessor is 098) capable of transferring a higher torque was used with up to 2.8l engines in VW Sharan, VW T2/T4, VW Eurovan, Ford Galaxy (micro buses and minivans). In terms of design, this transmission is similar to the 01M and these models have many compatible spare parts.The 097 transmission had been used in Audi 80 and 100 models unil 1995, when it was replaced by not less reliable 01N.

This family of automatic transmissions was the last masterpiece of VW-Audi Group, which tried to stay competitive on the automatic transmission market. The 5-speed ZF 5HP19 released in 1995 smoked the competition, and VAG soon decided to close the production of its automatic transmissions and started using products of Aisin Warner and ZF.