ya, but if you count the convertor locking, it feels like a 5 speed

 

If it shifts smooth and quick, whats the problem? The More the merrerier. or something like that.

I got 24 speeds n my mountain bike and it goes gust fine. HA Ha

 

I would imagine it will only use the 10 gears when hauling a heavy load otherwise it will skip shift and likely work like a 6 speed

 

It was never even considered by Ford, which is what I meant and the only thing that matters. Just because some uninformed person here mentions it does not mean anything. Leave that delusional nonsense where it belongs: on the Chevy or Dodge forums

 

Would rather see other options come from the factory like winch, racks in the box for off road 4x4 N, lights / etc.

 

I'd take a 10 speed. With a clutch, and a high low thumb switch.

Adrianspeeder

 

That is gonna be awesome. I am waiting for the launch.i mean that is a bit too long but i guess worth it.

 

That's true however they are manual.

 

I think they could fix that with shift strategy in these all electronic transmissions, especially with the ecoboost. Let the turbos do the work.

 

As long as it doesn't have a rotary dial **** shifter like the RAM which I think is really cheesey!

 

I prefer a two speed rear end. Give me 3:73 when towing and 3:15 (or higher) when empty

 

Ford may be planning on using a real-time engine-torque sensor in the new transmissions. This would make the 8-10 speed Auto's much smarter than the current automatic's. This article describes the 8 speed coming out.

 

They've been on a joint venture since 2006 on designing a trans that go in both Chevy's and Ford's. One or the other always gets mad and bails. Yet both are very similar in design and have been since 2006, I used to work at Ryobi, that produced the castings for the cases for all of the big 3. We even produced engine blocks, and you'd be surprised at how similiar the gm ls engine series, and the ford modular block are. My big question is why? What will they gain by doing that? I never figured that out, but there has to be a reason as to why they would do that, even though it's the oldest rivalry in automobile history.

 

I have heard that the Japanese exchange information between the manufactures. I would guess that they need each others patents.

 

Everything comes down to money at the end of the day, so it's gotta be that, for everything. If not, I have no idea what all of them are up to!

That's an extremely interesting article, MeanGene. I'm excited to see what that thing and the little one liter are going to do. That 3 cylinder uses a timing belt too! Just goes to show that the old tech can be improved and used to be very advanced.