How Many Gears Is Too Many? General Motors Says Nine Is Enough, Or Ten, Or Maybe More

We moved past three on the tree. We've long since bid farewell to four on the floor. The ZF six-speed automatic transmission that helped to make the 2001 BMW 7 Series seem so forward-thinking at the dawn of the millennium was usurped by a seven-speed unit from Mercedes-Benz a couple of years later, and then by […] The post How Many Gears Is Too Many? General Motors Says Nine Is Enough, Or Ten, Or Maybe More appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA