Transmission durability concerns?!?

[Larry C Leung]

My mistake on the transmission durability issue. As for the emissions
certification cost concern, that remains, hence most of the high dollar
mfgs, bowing to apparent US market demand, don't bother with certifying
manual transmission cars. Cars with Sequential Manuals tend to be
more sport oriented, hence those buyers are more likely to opt for manual
type gearboxes, hence the cost of certification tends to be more worth
it,
not to mention that those types of customers tend to be more willing to
deal with the passed on costs to get what they want.

LL - NY

On Sat, 29 Mar 2003 11:10:15 -0500 TM <t44tq at mindspring.com> writes:
> That's incorrect- who said that there is no 6-speed that can
> handle the S8? The S8 6-speed exists in Europe, as Ti already
> mentioned.
>
> Taka
>
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> Not a technical cop-0ut, financial. The cost of certifying manual
> transmission emissions (which, in lift throttle shifting, tend to
> put
> out more HC, hence the throttle closure damper)as the incoming air
> column has no place to go and raw unburnt fuel is essentially
> waiting in
> the IM. This was a BIG problem with carb and TBFI cars, still a
> problem
> with CIS port injection, but not a real issue with EFI (which can
> be
> designed to shut off the injectors at drop throttle) or Direct
> Injection. Nonetheless, as it was mandated that differing
> drivetrains
> require COMPLETE certification, the (expensive) cost must be
> amortized
> by the company. Since marketing research shows little interest in
> 6-sp
> S8's, and since Audi probably really doesn't have a 6-sp that can
> currently handle the torque and meet the life expectancy expected
> by
> VAG, they figure, why bother? (BTW, manuals, not under computer
> control
> (such as SMG, Ferrari F1) experience more potential shock loads
> (usually
> by operator error) than autoboxes, so Audi would have legitimate
> concerns on tranny life in an S8.
>
> LL - NY
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