2016 E450
For any interested or considering a new motorhome, the 2016 Ford E450 now comes standard w/ the 6 speed Torqshift transmission. *snip* Engineered for performance, durability and reliability. ...
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For what it's worth, a description of the 2005 TorqShift transmission behind our 2005 V10 would read almost the same.
The 2005 TorqShift computer controlled transmission also has 6 speeds - but the driver can directly invoke only 5 of them ... the transmission control module chooses between 2 ratios for one of the gears internally beyond driver control, depending upon certain conditions. The newer TorqShift may allow the driver to manually select among all 6 gears when appropriate - I'm not sure. Our Tow/Haul mode works the same as described above
That being said, the V10/Torqueshift combination is all around superb. You do have to get used to driving the combination to fully tap their capability, though - especially how to counter-intuitively use the V10 as a high RPM engine - which was rare in a truck prior to the V10 and different than the good old thumping V8's many of us were used to in our daily vehicles of old.
The 2005 TorqShift computer controlled transmission also has 6 speeds - but the driver can directly invoke only 5 of them ... the transmission control module chooses between 2 ratios for one of the gears internally beyond driver control, depending upon certain conditions. The newer TorqShift may allow the driver to manually select among all 6 gears when appropriate - I'm not sure. Our Tow/Haul mode works the same as described above
That being said, the V10/Torqueshift combination is all around superb. You do have to get used to driving the combination to fully tap their capability, though - especially how to counter-intuitively use the V10 as a high RPM engine - which was rare in a truck prior to the V10 and different than the good old thumping V8's many of us were used to in our daily vehicles of old.
