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Old 07-11-2025, 10:47 AM   #38
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams View Post
And I don't get why they keep wasting money developing their own tranny's, just use the 8at zf that handles way more power. Why do they need to build their own cvt or 10 speed.
sometimes it's what u can learn from it to build your next product.
they built their own to support their custom PHEV.

that said there was even a PHEV version of ZF8 they could've used.
probably a combo of packaging issue and Japanese pride.
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