ZF automatic gearbox with 9-speed, up to 16% fuel savings

After Ford announced (among other innovations) an automatic eight reports, the company ZF, which already equips the VW Tiguan, the Jaguar XF, the Ford Mondeo and the Volvo V70, announces the launch of an automatic transmission 9 reports called 9HP covering a torque range from 280 to 480 Nm

It was developed for private vehicles and technologies can integrate micro-hybrid (stop-start) and four-wheel drive hybrid with optimum efficiency.

More flexible, it offers both greater reactivity and greater comfort combined with fuel savings of up to 16% compared with an automatic gearbox six-speed current

Eg at a speed of 120km / h the engine is in ninth at 1900 rpm instead of 2600 with a box six
As a model on which this transmission would be installed or a date, no information has been disclosed yet.