majin ssj eric

Great, now they're making bicycles?!?

biker

The point of diminishing returns was reached already once the 6AT has become manistream.

Moog-Type-S

^^ Hyundai's 8 speed appears to be lowering their MPG #'s

Black Tire

21 speeds where we come!

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

Imagine the repair costs.

silver3.5

I thought 8-speed was getting stupid already and now 10 speed? I'll check back when we have a 21 speed!

phee

iTrader: (5)

i want a 7 speed manual.

Moog-Type-S

Can't be any worse than Honda's 5AT repair costs

Hapa DC5

I like my 7speed.

Hapa DC5

I wonder what I can do with three more gears

acattak

i like the 8 speed in my 460 but although it great on gas for a v8 six would be better for delivering that punch off the line that it lacks...

hondaxacura

Becoming to the point where # of gears approaches infinity. Which is a CVT....

I would definitely like to see the reliability on that thing.

Ken1997TL

Whats the point? The cost, weight and complexity is just pointless. It'll be skipping gears most of the time.

Just design a good CVT.

stangg172004

Look out Schwinn... here comes.... Hyundai?

doopstr

I feel like there is too much wasted time shifting in my Camry's 6AT. 8 or 10 would make me crazy. 5AT seems like the sweet spot to me.

KillerG

lets see what they come up with.

ppl said porsche was crazy for developing a 7 speed manual and we ended up with something new AND awesome

then again... this is Hyundai and not Porsche.

gavriil

I mean with forced-feeding becoming mainstream, which translates into very strong torque figures, the need for more gears, I do not understand. Must be improving gas consumption.

Edward'TLS

Welcome back, Gavriil. Haven't heard from you from a long, long while.

speedemon90

to me this seems more like a marketing gimmick and they forced the engineers to do this.

So now in their adds they can say "we offer the first 10 speed transmission! More is better right!"

Moog-Type-S

Bingo!

YEH

A bit overkill, but a way to get the 8 spd AT into lower end models while the Equus and Genesis get the 10 spd.


The 8 spd that Hyundai developed reportedly is less complicated and lighter than the typical 6 spd AT.

EL_PIC

Interesting ... but too many gears is like too many chiefs in kitchen.
Way too many on my 24 speed hybrid bike.
I like 6 on my MDX and 8 or more sounds expensive and not needed.

The CVT is still emerging technology.
There are belt and chain designs but they are not soup yet.
Often have computer problems {Ford, Nissan, Porsche, Others}.
http://perrya.hubpages.com/hub/Nissa...r-CVT-Problems

CarbonGray Earl

I guess for marketing tit-for-tat, Honda should come back with "Hey, we've come up with a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,0 00,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000000,0 00,000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000, 000,000000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000, 000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000 ,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000000,000 ,000,000,000,000,000,000000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000............. speed transmission.'

ohsixMTee

iTrader: (2)

It will still be a Hyundai, reminds me of a generic pack of smokes....just not the same.

charliemike

I hear if you buy one, you get a Porsche 911 with it free.

The transmission costs $90k.

pttl

Costco

Acuras remind me of Hondas, just with a fancy shmancy badge and a spit-shine. It's just not the same.

pttl

fixed.

YEH

How's that FWD Euro/JDM Accord working out for ya?

Moog-Type-S

Indians in your kitchen?

CoquiTSX

The only time the Elantra will be able to shift into eight will be downhill. .

VTEC Racer

- Just in case anyone had any doubts:



LINK

Also posts under the username "CP1"

http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthrea...1#post75061518

ttribe

^^^What the hell?!!! You don't post someone's personal information like that! Seriously, that is way out of bounds.

Moog-Type-S

...and....so....the point?

dom

Nothing to do with Future Hyundai's. Feel free to start a new thread in Ramblings or send a PM.

VTEC Racer

Tim, it was public information that she intentionally posted her self and made available on the internet to be seen. That is the whole point of a Linkedn account.

ttribe

Sorry. That's not how I see what you did. She didn't volunteer that information in this thread. She didn't volunteer that information in this context (AFAIK). It would seem the mods agree with me.

BTW, what is it with you now using my IRL first name? Are you trying to prove a point?

Moog-Type-S

...and so what if said person is employed by or is in some way connected to a car maker?

I welcome the involvement.

YEH

Well, I feel bad for Agnes.

I'm male, didn't graduate from Cal-Irvine and never worked in marketing, but have been to Cape Town (beautiful place).

Btw, already noted this to VTEC Racer previously, but I guess actual FACTS is something he doesn't care about.

JS + XES

iTrader: (1)

WTF???? Dude, you are weird.