There is no gear hunting.

This is what people said about the 4AT, then 5AT, t hen 6AT, and the 8AT that are on the market now.

Our tranny is very well programmed, and will perform as such.

Yes, I've spend too much time driving a 7AT FX...

Nice more details please.

tg

You didn't let me test drive one.

They're all sold =O

Mike,

What vehicle are the 7-speeds on and what is the difference in EPA mileage from the old 5-speeds?

Forget the gas mileage will they bolt up in place of the 5AT on the g35 coupe?

-Sean

for the right price I'm sure it would.

Why would you want that on an at?

I'm sure he meant swap out the 5at for the 7at.... shorter gearing for faster acceleration as well as improved gas mileage. if its cheap enough why the fuuu not?

What do you mean why would i want that? Why wouldn't anyone want a 7at vs the 5at?

-Sean

What is gear hunting?

I've driven my buddies new C350 sedan made by Mercedes and that features a 7speed auto as well. It was perfectly fine... so I would think the Infiniti one would prolly be better?

Any chance the new 7speed auto will be like a DSG?

Gear hunting would be the tranny upshifting, then downshifting, then up..... finding the "right" gear during certain throttle positions and transitions.

Perfect example would be the 6 speed auto in a Chevy Equinox sport. I drove one around an autox course during last year's Chevy Rev it Up event.

When you're on the gas, off the gas, then back on, it was easy to "confuse" the transmission. Sometimes it wouldn't downshift to the right gear, or would be a little rough in transition.


Another example of "gear hunting" is something my 5 speed auto already does. At certain speeds, if I floor it, it doesn't shift right to the lowest gear, it'll downshift once, then downshift again about 1/2 a second later. I.E at 40mph, it'll go from 5th to 3rd, then 2nd.

It slows response down and is kinda annoying.

I can imagine going from 7th to 3rd may have a similar result (or could be worse).


I'm not a naysayer, just pointing out possible problems. I HOPE it doesn't have these problems.

Something else that the 5 speed auto also already does that's annoying.

Say I give it 25% throttle in 5th gear, it'll drop into 4th. If I give it just a little more (wanting it to go into 3rd), it'll aggressively go into 2nd and wind out the motor.

Again, with 7 speeds, this could be another "gear hunting" problem.

I just remember with the crappy and simple 4 speed auto in my 98 Grand Prix, it'd downshift from 4th to 1st immediately, and seemed to go the gear I wanted/needed very easily.

I just want a 6speed manual G35x thats a little less than 3800pounds. Like 3600pounds would be SEXY

Gear hunting was already addressed so I'll tackle the next question.

If the 7 speed auto was like a DSG then it would no longer be an automatic transmission....it'd be a DSG.

That said, it won't be like a DSG. It'll offer the same paddle shift gimmick that are on other Infiniti's, but thats not to be mistaken as a DSG type feature. An automatic has to deal with a torque converter so even when you blip the paddle shifters, shifts won't be instantaneous as they would on an SMG or DSG transmission.