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Re: Mercedes question



Fuel efficiency is why they're going with large numbers of gears in automatic transmissions. The goal is to keep the engine at peak efficiency as much as possible (which makes me wonder why CVT transmissions haven't caught on) . One added benefit is less RPM drop between gears which also helps acceleration.

Matt

At 04:14 PM 8/23/2005 -0400, you wrote:
It's probably a four speed + OD auto with split shifting. If it's fully automatic there could be a gain in fuel efficiency by keeping the engine operating in its peak power band more than fewer gears would. That's the most likely scenario. Could be a smaller engine than normally would be needed for the size car too.

On August 23, 2005 mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I have heard a commercial for a while touting a 7-spd
> auto in the new M-B. What's up with that?? Is the
> engine in that M-B so small they need that many gears
> or is the engine so torky it can pull the obviously
> overdriven tranny. How many gears do you need anyways.
> I suspect a PR ploy.....Russ
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