For American cars, many people's cognition, American cars are more conscientious, in fact, a reason is that German cars with dual clutch, Japanese cars with CVT, American cars with AT gearbox, but I just want to tell you that the biggest shortcoming of American cars is the gearbox. Because to evaluate a car, we can not only look at the hardware, but also look at the tuning and physical experience, the light keyboard car evaluation can not fully understand a car.
The transmission of American cars generally has a problem of setbacks
American cars flipping over on the gearbox is not once or twice, just to name a few.
GM's first two generations of 6AT, known as the "metal mixer", the experience is catastrophic, gear shift setbacks, abnormal noise, high failure rate, the purchase of the owner of this gearbox, the pit is not light, resulting in many people to change the car directly pass the general system of the car, the general brand in the country why declined, this gearbox is definitely the greatest contribution.
Another example is Ford's dual-clutch transmission, although the dual-clutch transmission is used by many brands, but the experience also has a high and low points, Ford's dual-clutch, the experience is also catastrophic, the frustration is not to say, commonplace, the problem is that the failure rate is extremely high, the previous year also boarded 315.
Ford's latest replacement with 8AT, is the matter solved? Or not, Ford's 8AT, whether under the Ford or Lincoln banner, the low-speed setback is obvious, mainly occurring at a speed of 20-30 per hour, collecting oil and then refueling or collecting oil and sliding. And the older the car, the more obvious the setback.
Some people have said, no matter how you say, the AMERICAN AT is still stronger than the German double clutch, and the public's double clutch is not also frustrated? The problem is that although the Volkswagen double clutch has a setback, at least the fuel economy is good, what about the AT of the United States? Not a single head. And have you ever driven an Audi's longitudinal wet dual clutch? That performance is much smoother than many AT transmissions in the United States, so you still have the hardware to decide on the experience.
The gearbox of American cars generally has the problem of matching
Realistically speaking, since the GM system replaced the 9AT and 10AT, the problem of setbacks has been alleviated a lot, and the daily driving is relatively smooth, but this does not mean that the general AT transmission has no shortcomings, and the main problem is the responsiveness problem.
Why is the cadillac CT5 with stronger horsepower not able to run the Audi A4L and BMW 3 Series with poorer engine parameters? You say that the Audi A4L uses a dual-clutch gearbox to change gears quickly, the transmission efficiency is high, even if it is a BMW 3 Series is also an AT gearbox, that is because whether it is from the zero hundred acceleration test, or the actual driving experience, ct5 is not a very sporty model, its gearbox responsiveness is relatively slow, in order to sacrifice a certain gear change speed for smoothness. The same is true of LaCrosse, Mondeo and other models.
Some people say that this is nitpicking, but the problem is that competitors are indeed better than you do, and the gearbox problem of American cars is not an isolated case, but several major brands in the United States, which more or less exist in terms of gearbox problems, which should be enough to explain the problem.
Of course, the American car also has the advantages of better materials, excellent sound insulation, larger terminal discounts, and a more excellent interior luxury, etc., and cannot completely negate the American car because of the gearbox, so it still depends on your car needs. If you don't pursue power responsiveness, American cars are also a good choice.