5 speed auto trans?

[Xaisk]

So I have a question that might sound rather noobish, retarded, whatever you wanna call it.

Why dont they make 5 speed automatics? Ive seen 1 5 speed auto and it was in a magazine for old musclecars.. Just curious as to why there arent any 5 speed autos built out regulary. Id rather have the manual myself but I want to know the reason they dont do 5 speed autos..

[AccordB20A]

they do, heaps of new cars have them. either ways i dislike autos no matter how many gears they have :) but thats me /opinion

[Civic Accord Honda]

theres 6 speed ones too... they just dont work on our engines/never will lol...

[Hauntd ca3]

the german companies i.e mercedes, bmw etc are using 7 and 8 speed autos now

[lostforawhile]

theres 6 speed ones too... they just dont work on our engines/never will lol...

if i had the time and money i would make one work, but why bother?

[InAccordance]

then you have nissan with the cvt, technically 1 speed

[Xaisk]

Id much rather have a manual. I just thought about how I have never seen one before and was like wtf. So I thought something technical might be stopping them. Guess it was just lack of technology :rofl:

[MessyHonda]

the less parts the lower the chance its going to fail....but auto trans just have high gears.

[DBMaster]

then you have nissan with the cvt, technically 1 speed

Actually, in the case of a CVT you have an infinite number of "gear ratios" within the upper and lower boundaries.

[itzdave]

not just nissan has the CVT, i drove a new CR-Z that had it too...

[lostforawhile]

they suck, the engine barely revs, it's like driving a vacuum cleaner, engine stays at an almost constant rpm and the car accelerates with the transmission

[AccordB20A]

my hondamatic crx does that if you start off from a standstill, the engine will rev to 2600rpm and stay there and the car will slowly accelerate haha

[charliekuney]

A lot of cars labeled as five- or six-speed have seven or eight gears. Two sets of like second and third. One set for accelerating, one for decelerating.



not just nissan has the CVT, i drove a new CR-Z that had it too...

Almost every manufacturer has at least one CVT now.

[gp02a0083]

CVT trans's are a different monster altogether, they pretty much dont have any "shift" points

[2oodoor]

my 3geez automatics to have five speeds :bowrofl: has four forward gears then goes into lock up TC which makes five;)