The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1's 10-Speed Auto Laughs In The Face Of Your Porsche PDK Gearbox

Clearly a fan of a good pub boast, Chevrolet has decided to tell the world that its new 10-speed automatic gearbox shifts faster than Porsche's dual-clutch transmission
The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1's 10-Speed Auto Laughs In The Face Of Your Porsche PDK Gearbox

When news of Chevrolet’s new Camaro ZL1 dropped earlier this year, one detail stood out: its optional 10-speed automatic gearbox. Now we’ve gotten over all the Vin Diesel and ‘lol it’d be a mountain bike if it had any more gears‘ jokes, General Motors has decided to tell the world just how fast its new 10-speeder is.

It actually shifts quicker than Porsche’s super fast twin-clutch PDK gearbox on certain changes. It’s 36 per cent quicker when shifting from first to second, 27 per cent quicker from second to third and 26 per cent quicker for the third-fourth upshift. What GM doesn’t say is how it compares to PDK on the remaining upshifts, or any of the downshifts, but still - that’s an impressive claim.

The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1's 10-Speed Auto Laughs In The Face Of Your Porsche PDK Gearbox

The speed is all down to clutches. While it may have a torque converter, this is no ordinary slush box. Why? Because it’s rocking six clutches: two brake clutches and four rotating clutches. And despite having an extra clutch and two more gears than GM’s eight-speed ‘box, clever packaging means the overall size is about the same.

Other fancy features include a new low viscosity transmission fluid to reduce friction, and an “internal thermal bypass” which allows for shorter warm-up times.

It’s worth noting that this gearbox won’t be restricted to fancy schmancy GM products like the ZL1 - it’s set to appear in eight of the firm’s cars by 2018, and as it’s been co-developed with Ford, will also be installed in Blue Oval machines like the F-150.

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Comments

Anonymous

Well see how long it will last, pdk is a very strong transmission

05/12/2016 - 16:06 |
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Anonymous

Well see how long it will last, pdk is a very strong transmission

05/12/2016 - 16:06 |
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eXoZGaming

wait whats with the porsche stuff, was porsche trying to make a transmission like this

oh where are my manners

HOLY TRINITY WTF HOW DID THEY MAKE 10 GEARS FOR THE TRANSMISSION GAWD DAYUM

05/12/2016 - 16:24 |
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Ed Ocampo

They’ll probably brag about it for 50 years, much like they did with the whole “GT40 beats Ferrari”

05/12/2016 - 16:33 |
6 | 14

Those chebby boys always braggin about GT40s and VTEC…

05/13/2016 - 02:27 |
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Ed Gorey

Chevy and Ford sounds good to me.

05/12/2016 - 16:50 |
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Graysonpratt

Ford* transmission

05/12/2016 - 17:38 |
4 | 10

Are you stupid? It clearly says “Chevy” in the post.

05/12/2016 - 17:56 |
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Anonymous

The reason it shifts so fast it because of the number of gears.
The closer the ratio between two gear, the easier it is for the transmission to shift.

05/12/2016 - 19:15 |
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Manuel Kunz

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

05/13/2016 - 11:51 |
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Michael R. T. Jensen

Wait, Ford and Chevy? Working together? Mind can’t possibly blow enough times.

05/12/2016 - 19:37 |
46 | 0

My mind has been blown harder than a Pinto that just got rear-ended by a Silverado.

05/13/2016 - 13:38 |
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DL🏁

The fact that GM and many other manufacturers use Porsche and PDK as a reference point just proves how good Porsche is :)
It reminds me of when a kid in a school gets a slightly better grade for a test than the best student in class and then keeps running around for 3 days pointing out this fact :)

05/12/2016 - 19:40 |
30 | 8

Porsche is in another class making sports cars and super cars. so when a company that makes trucks can compare with something it really is a big deal

05/13/2016 - 17:56 |
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Mr.PurpleV12

My car has 4 speeds…

05/12/2016 - 22:03 |
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