David,

They don’t build the trans, ZF does. Here’s a list of vehicles that use the 8HP90

This looks like the alternative ending to Top Gun. Maverick got kicked out of the program for his antics, and as predicted by his instructor, wound up flying cargo planes full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong for the next 30 years. Finally after a career of "I could'a been" lectures to his co-pilots he attempts one…

Hats off to these guys.

I love even the flimsiest excuse to post this.

The problem isn’t with the stringent emissions standards for diesels, that’s not necessarily as much of a problem to hit. The bigger issue is the performance and profit loss you have to take to get there. You can make a super clean diesel and power a vehicle with it, it just won’t accelerate as fast a gas powered…

See my edit, I realized it wasn’t too clear. Basically in the area of emissions/mileage the targets keep moving, it’s never enough just to have things be clean enough (or safe enough, or what have you). There is so much extra junk on modern cars it’s just ridiculous. Sure they are safer but also far heavier etc, which…