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Honda Announces World-First 10-Speed Automatic

Honda has unveiled a dazzling array of new technical innovations – including the world’s first 10-speed automatic, a 1.0-litre VTEC turbo engine, a PHEV that can run in EV mode on the highway and an all new Fuel Cell Vehicle with a range of 700km –


Honda has unveiled a dazzling array of new technical innovations - including the world’s first 10-speed automatic, a 1.0-litre VTEC turbo engine, a PHEV that can run in EV mode on the highway and an all new Fuel Cell Vehicle with a range of 700km - at a special briefing at its R&D centre in Tochigi, Japan.

The new 10-speed auto may not be the end of the “how many cogs is perfect” argument - Ford has already patented an 11-speed gearbox - but it does prove that dual-clutch systems aren’t the be-all and end-all, yet. 

Honda says “10” is the perfect number to produce a mix of exhilarating acceleration and quiet, quality cruising, and compares a transmission to a piano keyboard; you can have a little organ at home (ahem…) but you don’t get the full experience without the keys of a grand one. 

Its all-new design features four planetary gear-sets and, despite having four more gears, it’s the same overall length as the six-speed Honda transmission it replaces. 

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