I'm just wondering what people think about having an automatic gearbox for the upcoming IX.

 

Old concept. There is already a Automatic Evo out overseas.

 

im talking about for the US models

 

The UK already had the GTA on the Evo 7 so its already been done. All this means is that you might see more old ladies in Evos.

 

haha exactly...more older ladies

 

the F1 gearbox probably shifts faster than more people

 

auto is gay, good F1 gearboxes cost more than our cars...

 

manu all the way!

 

no man let us auto drivers be able to get evo's. but i feel ya on the old ladies. i work in a senior community i swear i see about 10 oz lancers driving around lol one actually was hooked up she had an exhaust and some enkei rims on it.

 

not gonna happen. do i like the idea - no.

 

What kind of person would buy an Evo to drive auto?

 

There is no inherent difference in driveability between the programmable auto gearbox and manual gearbox.

Anything you can do with a clutch, you can program into the control unit, including clutch dump, shockloading, skip-shifting, and especially rev-matching.

The rev-matching algorithm can be programmed to be so perfectly smooth that no driver can match it.


The reason we don't see this type of programmable auto gearboxes in street car is because of liability reasons. People are too stupid to know the difference.

 

I voted F1 gearbox. That's how most WRC cars switch gears and it seems to work for them. SMG in M3 & F1 shift in Ferrari = teh shizzy

 

You know that they have an automatic EVO in Jappan right?

 

all about the stick shift