Solid Engine, Average Transmission - 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk Long-Term Road Test
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Solid Engine, Average Transmission - 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk Long-Term Road Test
Our 2015 Jeep Renegade Trailhawk benefits from having the larger of the model's engines as standard. Too bad its transmission doesn't make the best use of its extra power.
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Personally, I feel that it's more engineering than the application calls for (a good 6-spd would please 99% of users), but for automakers it was the path of least resistance to CAFE compliance. Think of it as skip-shift for automatics -- supposedly saves on gas, while wasting your patience.
Ford will be introducing their new 10-speed transmission for trucks in the new 2017 Raptor. I don't understand the engineering technicals behind it but from what I can understand it will operate as an 8-speed but have different 2 different ratios available for tow/haul mode.
Fords 5 speed trans in my old Explorer. had a different 2nd gear depending on upshift or downshift.
Not sure how that worked.