Posted on August 19th, 2011 • by David Zatz
While Chrysler is already using ZF eight-speed automatics in V6-powered Chargers and 300s, many are eagerly awaiting wider use of the fast-shifting transmissions, which have a much wider range than the current Chrysler and Mercedes five and six speeds. That wider use is apparently awaiting Chrysler’s own assembly plant, which will build the transmissions under [...]
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Posted on August 8th, 2011 • by David Zatz
ZF showed off their nine-speed automatic (9HP) to German magazine Autozeitung, using a Mini Cooper S mule. Three automakers have already agreed to purchase the 9HP, one being Chrysler, and one almost certainly being another traditional ZF customer, BMW. The magazine pointed out that the 9HP is extremely compact — it has to be, to [...]
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Posted on February 11th, 2011 • by David Zatz
In a surprise disclosure, reliable source oh2o reported that the Pentastar V6-equipped models will be the first of the big rear-drive cars to get the fast-shifting, eight-speed ZF transmission in place of the five-speed Mercedes unit. The Charger R/T, 300C, Challenger R/T, and SRT8 versions of the cars are all slated to keep their five-speed [...]
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Posted on January 11th, 2011 • by David Zatz
The world’s first nine-speed automatic transmission for cars with transverse-mounted engines will be built in a new factory in South Carolina by ZF of Germany. Chrysler will be one of ZF’s early customers. The transmission is designed for front wheel drive vehicles (including passenger cars and minivans) and is said to deliver at least 10% [...]
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Posted on November 23rd, 2010 • by David Zatz
Chrysler will invest $843 million into the Kokomo transmission plant to build a new automatic transmission for future front wheel drive vehicles, if the Kokomo City Council approves a tax abatement application. The company would also modernize the casting plant and both transmission plants; together, Chrysler employes around 2,200 people in the area. The new [...]
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Posted on May 25th, 2010 • by David Zatz
The Kokomo Common Council confirmed a five-year abatement on a $43 million investment in the Kokomo Transmission Plant and Casting Plant for increased production of the 62TE six-speed automatics, and a ten year tax abatement on a $300 million tooling for a proposed eight speed rear-wheel-drive automatic transmission. The 8-speed, destined for trucks and SRT [...]
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