{"id":178,"date":"2008-05-14T10:29:29","date_gmt":"2008-05-14T10:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/05\/14\/audi-to-feature\/"},"modified":"2012-07-17T14:50:49","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T14:50:49","slug":"audi-to-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/05\/14\/audi-to-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi to feature eight-speed automatic gearbox on top models"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/at080007_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"http:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/files\/2012\/07\/at080007_small.jpg\" alt=\"At080007_small\" class=\"image-full\" style=\"margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px;float: left\" \/><\/a> Audi has plan to feature a new eight-speed automatic gearbox on its lineup-topping models from next year.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Lexus launched the first production eight-speed automatic gearbox in the new LS460. BMW is expected to introduce a similar gearbox on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.petrol-head.com\/2008\/04\/next-generation.html\">next-generation 7-Series<\/a>. Audi will become the third carmaker to feature an eight-speed automatic gearbox on its models. According to company sources, the carmaker is currently testing the new gearbox on a few vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Automotive News, CSM Worldwide said that the new automatic gearbox will featured on the A8 saloon, Q7 SUV and forthcoming A7 model. The new gearbox will help Audi to improve the fuel-efficiency of its top models as ZF claims the gearbox reduces fuel consumption by 14% thanks to longer gear ratio. The eight-speed gearbox can also be fitted with a stop-start system.<\/p>\n<p>After the three major players adopted the eight-speed gearbox, Mercedes is the only one to use a seven-speed gearbox and has no plan to add an eighth gear event if it\u2019s technically possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audi has plan to feature a new eight-speed automatic gearbox on its lineup-topping models from next year. Last year, Lexus launched the first production eight-speed automatic gearbox in the new LS460. BMW is expected to introduce a similar gearbox on the next-generation 7-Series. Audi will become the third carmaker to feature an eight-speed automatic gearbox [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":7102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-audi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Audi to feature eight-speed automatic gearbox on top models - Petrol Head<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thesocialmedia.com\/petrol-head\/2008\/05\/14\/audi-to-feature\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Audi to feature eight-speed automatic gearbox on top models - Petrol Head\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Audi has plan to feature a new eight-speed automatic gearbox on its lineup-topping models from next year. 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