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Correction: Pontiac G8 GT will NOT have an optional 6-speed stick

Last week, we linked to a CarDomain piece about a lunch that gang had with GM's Bob Lutz. One of their topics of conversation with the product czar was manual transmissions, and it was reported that the '09 Pontiac G8 GT would be offered with an optional Tremec 6-speed manual transmission. This was certainly welcome news, both to us and readers. Unfortunately, it turns out that this information was, in fact, too good to be true. Pontiac's Jim Hopson dropped us a note this morning to clarify. In it, he writes, "We currently have no plans to ... Read more →

Correction: Diesel Maxima coming with automatic and maybe a stick Jeremy Korzeniewski

Click above to view high-res gallery of the 2009 Nissan Maxima You know how it goes with the rumormill. Sometimes it tends to be spot-on in its predictions; sometimes... not so much. Such is the case ...

Rumormill: Ford may drop manual from Super Duty lineup Dan Roth

It's an unconfirmed rumor that Ford's going to make its Super Duty pickups shiftless, but the mere whiff of a reduction in choices is likely set enthusiasts afire with rage. The merits of standard ...

Spyker D12 SSUV to begin production in 2009 Noah Joseph

click above to view the pre-production D12 at the 2007 Geneva show Like one of their exotics sitting impatiently on your driveway, Spyker isn't content sitting still, so the bean-counters will just ...

No manual option for the 2008 Pontiac G8?! Damon Lavrinc

On the eve of what could be the revival of GM's "Excitement" division, it comes to light that the new Pontiac G8 will make the trek from Down Under sans stick. For whatever reason, General Motors has ...

Crooks who can't drive stick get caught 2 years ago on Autoblog

Driving a manual shift automobile is a bit like riding a bike in that most people only have to learn once. For two young men, learning how to drive a car the old-fashioned way never happened at all. As a result, when they tried to carjack a ride with a manual tranny, they didn't know what to do ...

Automatic for the People: Maserati delivers first 70 Quattroporte Automatics 2 years ago on Autoblog

Not unlike other exotic Italian marques, Maserati has a tendency to dramatize the offering of any slight variation of its cars just a bit. It's somewhat excusable when you consider that, aside from the MC12 supercar, their line-up consists essentially of two models. But while it'd be all too easy ...

Detroit Auto Show: Maserati Quattroporte Automatic 2 years ago on Autoblog

Click on the image above to get to our high-resolution image gallery. As promised, the Detroit Auto Show marked Maseratis debut of the fully automatic transmission they're to begin offering in the beautiful Quattroporte sedan. The sumptuous Italian four-door was previously offered exclusively ...

Masermatic: Quattroporte now available with six-speed auto 2 years ago on Autoblog

Most people view a car as a mode of transportation. Enthusiasts see in the automobile something more: a stirring creation, a masterful feat of engineering, a triumph of design. For those in the former category, a Lexus or Mercedes would be the logical choice for a sports-luxury saloon. For those of ...

Mau-tronic! FAW's Chinese robotic car 3 years ago on Autoblog

Now this has disaster spelled all over it. (If you can read Chinese.) Chinese carmaker First Auto Works (FAW) is demonstrating a sedan that drives itself. Equipped with two cameras hooked up to a computer guidance system of some sort, the FAW Hongqi (Red Flag) HQ3 prototype is designed to navigate ...

4-speed automatics on their way out 3 years ago on Autoblog

Transmission supplier Jatco Ltd. believes that by 2015 the 4-speed automatic transmission will be no more. Shigeo Ishida, president of the company, says that newer transmission technologies, like 6-speed automatics and CVTs, will rapidly replace the quartet of cogs that had for some time been a ...

GM makes another investment in new six-speed automatics 3 years ago on Autoblog

General Motors upped this week's total investment in its new six-speed automatics to $500 million with Thursday's announcement that it was investing over $330 million in an upgrade to its Warren, Michigan plant, which will produce compact FWD and AWD models of the new transmission. All told, GM's ...

GM invests another $170 million in shift to six-speed automatics 3 years ago on Autoblog

Announcing Tuesday a $170 million investment in GM Powertrain's Ypsilanti Transmission Operations and its satellite vendors and support infrastructure, General Motors made a strong commitment to its new family of six-speed automatic transmissions. The new investment follows the more than $450 ...






Autoblog Podcast #151: With Car and Driver's Eddie Alterman

Eddie Alterman wades in with Sam, Chris, Dan, and Jonny to talk about SEMA and other recent events.

 
 

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