Ford Introduces an all-new 3.5 EcoBoost and a new 10-speed transmission

airmengarrettm said:

RandomJoe, while automotive journalists constantly rail on all the things they dislike about CVTs, I'm with you I absolutely love them. I love knowing it has extremely large amounts of "gear ratios" to make sure my engine and transmission are running at optimum efficiency and smoothness. I love not feeling shift points!

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How about that new invention - a manual transmission. It is always in exactly the right gear that I want. Particularly useful if you enjoy driving. Not so useful for driver's sitting on a couch doing other things.

I test drove a couple of Porsche Boxsters the other day. One with the manual was great and the one with an automatic was just another Buick.

Did not compare the Porsche automatic transmission to the Transit automatic. Two different animals designed for a different purpose. I just prefer a manual transmission. I was comparing the Porsche with an automatic to a Porsche with a manual transmission.

I have compared the old 5 speed NAG1 Sprinter transmission to the 6 speed Transit. The Transit transmission is far superior. Have read that the newer Sprinter 7 speed transmission with the 4 cylinder works much better than the old 5-speed still being sold with the Sprinter V6.