8 speed auto? Anyone have any info? Sorry can't read Jap...

http://www.nissan.co.jp/SKYLINE/V35/...HNO/index.html

 

Dude, thats soooo fake.

 

No it's real. The the Skyline GT-8. It has a sequential 8 speed transmission. Just run babelfish on that site to have it translate it for you.

 

in japan there are 3 or 4 different versions of the car, its real.

 

I think you'll find that's a CVT gearbox (similar to that on a Murano) rather than a conventional manual or auto' box.

The electronics can be programmed to mimic separate "stepped" ratio's so it feels & behaves like a regular gear change.

 

Not 100% sure on the advantage of that, can someone explain? Sorry for the n00b ?'s...

 

I bet it is. But I was just kidding around with z32 fairlady, I know him personally, its an inside joke

 

Ummm who are you? BA 4 lyfe! back to topic at hand....

 

The Babel Fish translation:

At one time, as yearn to the wing which flaps and dreamed of the skies. At one time, way it made heart the machine dance which the grand prix racer works unrestrictedly. The aspiration to freedom, and speed - the wing of this pair probably is to recall the passion while it is cut in the chest. Technology becomes the wing which expands the world of sport driving.

Usual automatic just selects the D range in the same way, the gear ratio which is always responds to vehicle speed engine rpm optimum to be selected by the stepless floor, being smooth to everywhere, in the x toroid CVT where you can obtain the running which is strong, skyline 350GT-8 combined 8 step speed change paddle shifts. Installing the paddle switch like the wing of 1 pair in the inner part of the 350GT-8 private sport steering wheel. If the right side is operated, if shift rise, the left side is operated, it can do down-shift. While working the paddle rhythmically with the fingertip, the time when it spends on the gear change which it does approximately 0.2 seconds, completes at approximately half of the speed change time which former automatic has done. Like the shifting which the top racer does, change to the gear which it selected just instantaneously is done. In addition, also it can change gears in the floor shift part.


Sounds like Master Yoda talking, but you get the drift.

 

I posted about this here on this forum, but it didn't get much of a response. Here's my post on 350Zmotoring.com:

http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=22227

It explains a lot.