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Automotive Industry Corporate News
Automotive industry is much wider than gearbox repairs and new transmission units launched on the market. It is wise to learn about new vehicles from various manufacturers recently introduced on the market, new technologies in modern cars - including Continuously Variable Transmissions, Direct-Shift Gearboxes - as well as automatic transmission fluid that would allow reduction of harmful emissions and many more things!
Not
long ago, Ford officially stopped production at its transmission production
facility known as Ford Aquitaine Industries (FAI) in France. Founded in 1972,
the FAI has now ceased to exist within the framework of the Ford’s
restructuring strategy.
As hybrid tech solutions gain popularity in
the automobile industry, Toyota plans to strengthen the production of spare
parts for hybrid cars in Europe. For this purpose, the Japanese automaker plans
to start production of the 2-nd hybrid transmission solution (e-CVT) at the
TMMP plant in Walbrzych. It is expected that the process of manufacturing will
be launched in two years.
Earlier this week, Ford has released new
technical info on powertrain characteristics of its anticipated GT500, namely 5.2-liter
supercharged V8 and new seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. In this article,
we will focus on the transmission solution implemented in the new Mustang
model.
Mahle Powertrain has presented a comprehensive
testing and development process that benefits automakers in reaching the best
possible powertrain configuration for a wide range of applications.
For
more than a century of successful work in in the automobile Allison
Transmission gained recognition as a major producer of automatic transmission
for commercial vehicles and hybrid solutions for passenger cars. No wonder that
gear shifting technologies of the company gained popularity all over the world,
in particular in South America.
MEYLE, the German supplier of auto components
and repair kits, has recently released a new video, which explains how to
change ATF in automatic transmissions.
GM has officially stopped production at Warren
Transmission Operations plant in Warren, Michigan. At the end of last year, the
American auto giant announced the plan to close 5 of its production facilities
in the US, and the Michigan facility was one of them. The facility was
specialized in production of 6-speed automatic transmissions for the Chevrolet
Impala and Cadillac XTS.
Only a few years ago it would have been
difficult to imagine that the new Corvette model can be released without a
manual transmission option. But to the surprise of numerous Corvette fans, the
recent presentation of the 2020 Stingray model proved the sad fact that manual
transmissions less and less frequently can be found on new models, even in the
sports car segment. This trend is based on numerous factors, but the main
reason has nothing to do with technical obsoleteness of manuals compared to
modern automatics.
For more
than two decades, ZF Aftermarket has been a regular participant of AAPEX
exhibition in Las Vegas. Each year ZF representatives are excited to take part
in this important event for the aftermarket industry. But this year ZF came up
with some special idea: the German company plans to bring along a mosaic photo
wall consisting of numerous pictures of auto aftermarket repair specialists playing
their part in what makes up the ZF community.
Jasper
Engines & Transmissions has recently reported about the enhanced
availability of its remanufactured GM 6T40/45/50 transmission solutions for
front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive cars. These transmissions are
offered for exchange for some GM models.
During the recent BMW M Festival in Canada,
Markus Flash, the newly appointed CEO of BMW M, gave a big interview and shared
some interesting insights regarding powertrain design in the upcoming M3 and M4
models.
If
you want to be fully in charge of your car’s performance, you will certainly
need a manual stick shifter, but if you live in the USA or Canada, you will
have to put a great deal of effort to find a manual model on the market. There
are only 8 models manufactured for performance-craving customers that come only
with a stick-shifter. Subaru provides 2 models from this list, namely, the 2019
Subaru WRX STI and the limited edition STI S209.