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Old 01-29-2019, 02:01 PM   #740
Martinjlm
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Originally Posted by BlaqWhole View Post
Things just got very interesting. It looks like GM added the A10 trans as an available option on the ZLE!!!

https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-car...L3SFBXVATu8IUM

https://www.carscoops.com/2019/01/20...3SVu-bJSdeLn7Y
FWIW, the 10AT in the ZL1 / ZLE is different than the 10AT in the Mustang and Camaro SS. Same basic design, but heavier duty. And ironically, it was the first 10AT to make it to market. I was guiding Al O.'s team through the NAIAS in 2016 and was showing them the Ford F150. I told them that the F150 was going to be the first vehicle to get the new GM / Ford 10 speed. Al pulled me off to the side and said "No they won't. We'll get there first with the ZL1". I asked him how that was the case when Ford was lead on the RWD design (GM was lead on the FWD 9-spd). He explained that both companies were manufacturing their own and that gave GM the leeway to develop a heavier duty version of the trans that did not need to be shared with Ford. That's what launched in the ZL1. A few months before the 10AT launched in F150. Of course, he told me to keep that quiet. This is actually the first time I've ever mentioned it.
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