The high - revving 3.7 - liter V - 6 still punches out at 332 horsepower and 270 lb - ft of torque, and it's still attached to either a crisp 6 - speed manual gearbox or a 7 - speed adaptive
autobox with paddle shifters.
The 4.6 - liter V - 8 still makes 301 horsepower and 329 torques; the transmission is the same smooth
autobox with just six speeds plus sport mode and manual shift - ability.
The high - winding, raucous 3.7 - litre V6 is rated for 332 horsepower and 270 lb - ft of torque (the Nismo numbers are a bit higher) and is attached to a 6 - speed manual gearbox or a 7 - speed
autobox with paddle shifters.
Not exact matches
Surely my next car in the 1.2 turbo petrol
with the
autobox edition.
Not so much
with the newfangled
autoboxes.
The real news
with this latest Jeep is new launch control programming for the cutting - edge
autobox that should offer an even quicker sprint than the last model's 5.1 - second rush to 60 mph.
There's big news in the transmission department as well, where Honda replaced the Pilot's five - speed automatic
with a six - speed
autobox.
On road and track, I got to try the Golf R's manual and dual - clutch
autoboxes, both
with six gears.
Equipped
with the
autobox, the car can hit 100 km / h from a standstill in a claimed 4.3 seconds, before hitting its limited top speed of 250 km / h.
The all - wheel drive T5 continues
with last year's 2.5 - liter turbocharged five - cylinder (23 mpg overall) but it misses getting Drive - E's eight - speed
autobox in favor of the familiar six - speed.
A manual tranny is standard
with the 128i, although an
autobox was optional.
With the optional PDK i.e. Porsche's «Doppelkupplung» double - clutch
autobox and the Sport Chrono Package, the Boxster 718 does the 0 - 100 kph run in a claimed 4.7 seconds.
Both versions will be available
with a choice of six - speed manual or six - speed automatic transmissions,
with the sport version offering paddles
with the
autobox for slightly more spirited driving.
Our tester had standard leather, a seven - speed
autobox, dual - zone climate control, heated seats, fully - featured infotainment
with sat - nav, part - electrically - adjustable seats and a sporty three - prong steering wheel, along
with selectable - color mood lighting and black roof lining.
GM's four - speed
autobox features cool - ing upgrades and the rear axle is a new ZF design,
with double the torque capacity of the previous Arnage fitment.
Subtly updated styling, a brand new 1.0 - litre «ecoTurbo» three - cylinder engine, a new dual - clutch
autobox plus new cabin and safety tech will help it go head - to - head
with the revised Hyundai i30 that shares the same platform.
The
autobox BRZ is quite slow compared
with the manual, at least when the boxer engine is fresh and not fully run in.
The Vento's
autobox is a gem and shifts gears
with precision, it's quick
with cog swapping but not the most urgent when it comes to downshifts.
Available
with either a cloth roof or a retractable steel hardtop, the Miata features a 2.0 - liter, four - cylinder engine that produces 167 horsepower and 140 lb - ft of torque when matched
with one of its two manual transmission options (five and six - speeds), and a little bit less power if the vehicle's six - speed
autobox is specified.
A six - speed Aisin automatic transmission handles the gear shifting duties for this version of the Ram HD, although you can get two slightly less mighty versions of the 6.7 - liter mill starting at 660 lb - ft of torque that come
with a different six - speed
autobox.
The latter makes do
with the 6 - speed
autobox.
Drivetrain differences between the two models include the availability of front - wheel drive and a continuously variable automatic transmission,
with an eight - speed
autobox stepping in for the quattro edition of the car.
It's got plenty of grunt and the
autobox is among GM's best, but at full bore the engine doesn't sound at all refined — it sounds a lot more like an old pushrod 3800 than a modern DOHC mill; that aural feedback is essential to the sports - sedan experience, and if Cadillac is going to attract BMW and Lexus customers, they'll have to spend some serious time
with induction and exhaust tuning.
A five - speed manual transmission was standard,
with an outdated four - speed automatic optional (the Fiesta uses a troublesome dual - clutch
autobox).
It is not yet known whether the automatic version will use the same Fiesta 1.5 - litre petrol engine
with the double - clutch
autobox or the 1.0 - litre EcoBoost engine.
Only 150 examples are to be made (in both 90 and 110 wheelbases) and all will come
with the V8 hooked up to an eight - speed ZF
autobox, uprated brakes, uprated springs, dampers and roll bars) as well as 18 - inch alloy rims wearing 265/65 R18 all terrain tires.
of torque, which is paired
with an 8 - speed
autobox and all - wheel drive.