When will GM release their 5-spd RWD Auto? (The 5L60E?)

2006?

 

I have heard nothing about any future 5 speeds, only seems like 6 speed autos are coming in the future. Guess GM is just skipping all the 5s ;P

 

ahhh...they have a 5spd auto for RWD. Its so popular that BMW uses it for the 3 and 5 series. The 5L40E is on the CTS, SRX, and STS along with XLR. GM is probably gunna go right to 6spd like the one they had in the Velite. I belive Zeta was designed around the new 6L80E.

 

The new 6-speed slushbox should have premiered with the C6 Corvette, but everything is behind schedule on the powertrain side of things. Instead, the C6 gets the ancient 4L65E with a "wishful thinking" uprating for the extra 20lb/ft of torque.

 

Wasn't it said that it was going to be cheaper to build a 6 speed instead of using the 5 speed.

6 speed auto was to be in the '05 Vette but got pushed back. 2006 RWD cars and trucks should start to have the 6 speed.

 

They really shouldn't have put a carried over unit in the 2005 'Vette. Considering how light the Corvette is compared to an Escalade, durability might just be okay but shift quality is still behind the best.

Any way you look at it, a 2005 Corvette with the 4-speed slushbox might be a car to avoid, new or used. It's too bad GM is pulling crap like this. The "new engine/old transmission" trick is something Ford pulled in the early '90s Panther platform cars.