New BMW 7-series will come with 8-speed transmission - Page 3

Just_me

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Originally Posted by EnI

I hope hard work will bring some excellent results quite soon.

before the M3 enter the scene please

Mr. M

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Originally Posted by vabboud

CVT's do not have gears per se.
but they can be programmed to lock on to any number of ratios, or virtyual gears

Thanks vabboud.

gmag

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Originally Posted by EnI

The gearbox is still in testing. General development is done, now BMW engineers are tweaking the gearbox to fit BMW driving dynamics. I will come sooner than you think.

335si will definitely get it. Latest info is the car will debut after M3, not before it. Also due longer-than-planned DCT tests.

And yes, F01/02 7er will debut a new automatic transmission. But will it really have 8 gears? Khmmmm Do you realy think 8 is a right number?

No, I think 7 is more like it because it really doesn't make sense to have more than 7 foward gears in a modern car's automatic transmission.

EnI

Btw, ZF chief confirmed in a recent interview for AMS ZF has developed a new 8-speed automatic gearbox - reducing fuel consumption up to 6%, and CO2 emissions by more than 10%.

Mind that current 6-speed auto featured in E65 7er is developed by ZF, and it debuted in BMW E65 7er in 2001.

Guess what gearbox F01 7er will feature.

Tycoon

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Originally Posted by EnI

Btw, ZF chief confirmed in a recent interview for AMS ZF has developed a new 8-speed automatic gearbox - reducing fuel consumption up to 6%, and CO2 emissions by more than 10%.