A magnificent 5.5 - litre, bi-turbo V8 petrol mill of the AMG make sits under the hood of this off - roader, working in harmony with the freshly engineered AMG Speedshift Plus 7G -
Tronic automatic transmission gearbox, and effectively serving as the massive power house that is required to propel this beast across the varied terrains of the planet.
Capable of churning out a peak 255 bhp along with a maximum of 632Nm of torque, this power - packed oil - burner gets mated to a reworked 4MATIC AWD system and a 7 - speed G -
Tronic automatic transmission gearbox to deliver a fuel - economy that is 20 per cent higher (in the European driving cycle) than that offered by its preceding models.
Not exact matches
The only way we could get a rise out of it was slapping off some rev - matched downshifts with the seven - speed S -
Tronic dual - clutch
gearbox, but U.S. - market cars won't have that
transmission; instead our 3.0 T will use an eight - speed
automatic.
It's only available with Mercedes» 9G -
Tronic Plus nine - speed
automatic gearbox and it's a gem of
transmission.
There are three different
transmissions available in the C - class models — a six - speed manual
gearbox, the 7G -
Tronic seven - speed
automatic and the new 9G -
Tronic nine - speed auto.
Nevermind that it weighs 1950 kg to the SL63's 1845 kg, that the V8 version uses the punchy MCT wet - clutch 7 - speed
automatic gearbox and the 65 has to make do with the more conventional torque - converter 7G -
Tronic... And don't mention that the SLS weighs 1620 kg and uses a dual - clutch
transmission.
The Audi S -
Tronic gearbox combines some characteristics of a manual
transmission with the comfort and ease of an
automatic.
In the
transmission department engines will be mated to Audi's S -
Tronic twin clutch 7 speed
automatic gearbox.
At the launch of the new GLS generation, all versions will feature the nine - speed 9G -
TRONIC automatic transmission as standard (except the Mercedes - AMG GLS63), optionally in combination with low - range
gearbox and center differential lock.
Throttle response was as sharp as ever and the faster shifting S -
Tronic gearbox, proved as smooth as any regular
automatic transmission.
In world premiere for the S - Class, the bi-turbo V8 engine of the Maybach S 500 is mated with a 9G -
Tronic automatic gearbox, the world's first nine speed
automatic transmission in the luxury class.
Power is sent to all wheels via an 8 - speed tiptronic
automatic gearbox in the diesel and a 7 - speed S
tronic automatic transmission in the petrol.
The
transmission options are either a Lamborghini - sourced six - speed manual
gearbox with metal gate for the shift lever, or an Audi - developed R
Tronic [2]
gearbox — which is a semi-
automatic, without a traditional clutch pedal with
automatic gears shifting mode.
The S -
tronic transmission is a dual - clutch,
automatic gearbox with six forward speeds and no middle pedal.
Like in the E-Class family, when it came to a facelift, Mercedes introduces the new 9G -
Tronic gearbox, the world's first nine - speed
automatic transmission with hydrodynamic torque converter.
The seven - speed S
tronic ® dual - clutch
automatic transmission combines the sporty characteristics of a manual
gearbox with the advantages of an
automatic for an ultra-quick shifting experience.
Transmission choices will include 6 - speed manual and 7 - speed S
tronic dual - clutch
automatic gearboxes.