What the heck! One more speed and all of us old Schwinn riders would have felt right at home, see what Jalopnik had to say. Nine forward speeds appears, on the surface, to be overkill. ZF has been rather coy with the details … Continue reading

At the 2011 Detroit Auto Show, ZF announced their latest and greatest transmission, a 9-speed automatic gearbox. The 9-speed concept was introduced for the first time at the 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show and it is scheduled to go into production … Continue reading

Annual surveys reveal that less than 10% of new cars sold in America are equipped with manual transmissions, and more and more BMWs are starting to lose their manual boxes in favor of the newer 8-speed automatic, more efficient transmissions. … Continue reading

A latest report by Reuters indicates that the BMW has slowed its U.S. production at Spartanburg, SC, plant due to the flight restrictions in Europe caused by the ash from the volcanic eruption in Iceland which affected the deliveries of … Continue reading

The fellas over at BimmerBoost have an interesting story to share with us: a journal containing a series of episodes on World’s First BMW DCT Transmission Build. Let’s have a look at the first one and we’ll continue to pick … Continue reading

The January issue of Car and Driver suggests that the 8-speed ZF transmission will highly likely going to replace the current 6 speed automatic transmission across the BMW line-up. While we don’t have an official confirmation on this, we reported … Continue reading