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Originally Posted by sor
They only changed because they don't have a transmission that can handle that much torque. The ZF8HP is a well known transmission at this point, and it shifts in a respectable ~200ms, which is good but a far cry from a DSG, PDK, DTC, or even the old SMG, which are all well under 100ms. It's just a trade off for power.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shift_time |
There are several different versions of the zf8 transmission. We don't know the spec code the m5 one yet. I am pretty sure it will surprise with the shifting times