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Old Mar 17th, 2020, 14:08   #17
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Originally Posted by dme123 View Post
The 5 speed AW "geartronic" box is a twenty year old design, and while not as slushy as the old 4 speeders it's a million miles off the pace of current automatics.

The 6 speed is better but these were always econo-car automatics used in Vauxhalls and the like, and were never on a level with the likes of the contemporary ZF HP5 and HP6 transmissions you get in RWD European cars.
You hit the nail on the head there. I have a Merc with the 7G auto gearbox now & the difference is like night & day.
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