Just wondering... I see a lot of talk about potential powerplants, but not much about transmission choices. I guess its obvious the car would get a 6 speed manual, but what about the automatic car? Would the Vette's 6 speed auto be handed down, or will the car be running a the traditional 4 speed? I'd hope the car could get the 6 speed auto by the time it came out...

 

I'd put my money on the 6L80E.

 

I would put my money with his money.

 

I would take both of your money.

 

A 6 speed auto would be awesome.

 

i'm no tranny expert, but wouldnt a six speed auto raise the price a fair amount? I think 4spd will be what it gets, but 5 would be better...actually I dont care...I'm buyin a mannytranny.

 

A 4spd would be laughable in 08/09 (heck, it is now).

I'd say 5spd minimum. 6cogs if you want to have an advantage over mustang.

 

No, if you understand automatic transmission (which I don't, but upon reading extensively a while back I understood them for a few minutes), its actually pretty easy to add a gear through a new planetary set. I've not seen one of these new 6 speed yet but my guess is its just an evolution of the 4 speeds and not a totally clean sheet design. So I don't think the cost would be much, if any, more.

 

I thought GM was phasing out these ancient A4's

 

...and put it down on a deposit for a 5th gen.

 

not if they intended to replace all the 4 spds...

GM doesnt want to have any more 4 spds by 2010...

so if we are looking at a vehicle for 2008... and the tranny is already being used in the GMT900 and the Corvette... its going in the Camaro in 3 years...

 

I wouldn't look for the 6L80E to show up in the first year of production, but maybe later on in the cycle when they release the top dog SS/Z28 model. I think since the 5th gen is going to have IRS for the first time in history, thus narrowing the performance differentiation gap between it and the Corvette even more, (not to mention the styling "wow factor" that RedPlanet has hinted at), GM is probably gonna be extra cautious in how it rations out the "goodies" between the Camaro and the Vette so that the Vette remains the comfortable frontrunner.

 

You don't think the 500 lbs weight difference will be enough?

 

By that time the Mustang WILL have 6 speeds. Mustang is not standing still. Some here know me pretty well, and it will shock them to know that my deposit money may actually be going towards a 2009 Mustang, not Camaro...

 

6 speed, the 4 speed will die a slow death over the next 5 years.