ZF and Aisin make two of the most popular and most successful eight-speed gearboxes on the market, but how do the two ...

May 4, 2007 Driveline specialist ZF has designed a new automatic transmission generation for passenger cars combining seemingly contradictory goals. Presented for the first time at the 28th ...

The ZF eight-speed transmission (ZF 8HP) debuted in 2008 when it replaced its six-speed sibling in the F01 BMW 7 Series. Today, with 17 years of consistent use under its belt, the ZF 8HP is considered ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story misidentified one of the uses for the ZF transmission. It should have said all-wheel drive vehicles. ZF Friedrichshafen will supply eight-speed ...

While you can still find multiple cars with four-speed automatic transmissions, as well as even more vehicles with five-speed manuals in dealerships from across the world, the auto industry has ...

The nine-speed transmission might be where the race to add gears ends, ZF Friedrichshafen CEO Stefan Sommer said. He referred to nine speeds as the "natural limit" because going beyond that number ...

Nissan is preparing to launch an all-new line of for the North American market in 2010, including a full-size van and perhaps a heavy-duty pickup truck. While there’s still about a year to go before ...

ZF has celebrated the official production start of its eight-speed dual clutch transmission (8DT), developed jointly with Porsche, at the Brandenburg plant. It’s been developed as a modular kit so ...

The Chrysler Group plans to spend $300 million to build a new eight-speed automatic transmission licensed from ZF Group, a transmission maker headquartered in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The investment ...

ZF Friedrichshafen AG and the BMW Group have entered a long-term supply agreement centred on passenger car drive systems, with a focus on the proven 8-speed automatic transmission (8HP). The contract, ...

Nine-speed gearboxes may be commonplace now, but the world's first example didn't have such an easy birth when it was ...

Chrysler and German driveline and chassis component supplier ZF have reached an agreement that will see ZF supply and license manufacturing rights to its 8HP eight-speed automatic transmission for use ...