It is mated to an eight - speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. (cars.com)
The engines are mated to either a close - ratio six - speed manual transmission or an electronically - controlled five - speed automatic with overdrive ratios for the top two gears. (topspeed.com)
You can get a seven - speed automatic gearbox with the Z, too, but for the life of us we can't understand why you would want to. (autobytel.com)