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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Indianapolis 500

In which Indiana town is the Indianapolis 500 held?

Answer

Speedway, Indiana

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

Which American manufacturer produces the 13-speed and 18-speed manual transmissions widely used in heavy-duty trucks?

Answer

Eaton

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

Which German transmission manufacturer, later acquired by Magna, supplied manual and dual-clutch gearboxes to BMW and Ford?

Answer

Getrag

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

Which 1989 Formula One car was the first to race with a semi-automatic paddle-shift gearbox?

Answer

Ferrari 640

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

What informal term describes a racing manual gearbox that uses toothed dog couplings instead of synchronizer rings for rapid shifts?

Answer

Dog box

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

What is the name for the mechanism that locks an automatic transmission's torque converter directly to the engine to eliminate slip?

Answer

Lock-up clutch

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• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

Which German company is one of the world's largest suppliers of automatic and manual transmissions to automakers like BMW and Audi?

Answer

ZF Friedrichshafen

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

In a manual transmission, what is the name of the shaft running parallel to the main shaft that carries the gear pairs?

Answer

Countershaft

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

What automotive term describes a gear ratio that lets the engine turn slower than the driveshaft to save fuel at cruising speed?

Answer

Overdrive

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• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

What is Audi's brand name for the continuously variable transmission introduced on models like the A6?

Answer

Multitronic

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

What is Nissan's brand name for its continuously variable transmission technology?

Answer

Xtronic

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• Manual Vs Automatic Transmissions

What is BMW's brand name for automatic transmissions that let drivers shift gears manually via the selector?

Answer

Steptronic

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