Originally posted by JEM+Nov 15 2003, 05:44 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (JEM @ Nov 15 2003, 05:44 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-dtn@Nov 13 2003, 07:21 AM
The CTS-V was originally announced by GM as to have a "manual" or "automatic-manual" transmission choice. Per the CARandDriver website, the manual is available first with the automatic to follow in the 2004 model year. Has anyone heard when in 2004 ???? Thanks, dtn...........
I would be surprised if any such thing were released in the 2004 model year.
I don't recall any "manumatic" announcement from GM, only press speculation, but there may well be something I haven't seen.
I suspect there's a lot of grousing among the Cadillac dealer community about the stick-only CTS-V - not because the car won't sell, but because your average Cadillac salesman probably can't drive one.
The cheap, quick fix - stick in a 4L60. Four gears, pretty rude by the standards of the class, if they geared it to preserve low-speed acceleration they'd lose top speed. But cheap and easy.
The quick, expensive fix - go out and buy 6-speed ZF 6HP26 automatic transmissions like BMW (545i, 745i, 760i) and Jaguar (all the V8 cars) etc. Likely prohibitively expensive by GM standards.
The right fix, but when? - Tremec has developed a sequential-clutchless-shift T56 for Ford, it's in the new 'cheap' Aston Martin and is also supposed to be going in the 2006 Cobra. I have no idea whether Ford has an exclusive on this, but it's the logical choice for the CTS-V at some point. Transmissions like this take quite a bit of vehicle-integration work, so if GM expected to get it out by 2005 they'd better have been working on it for quite a while. [/b][/quote]
would be nice.... but... the 4l60e wont hold the 400ft lbs(listed). A 4L80e yeah... but i wouldnt tempt fate with the 4l60e.
And isnt the C6 getting the 5spd auto from the XLR? It would bring the vette into the new age.