ib516 bought a new vehicle today

Perrysburg Dodgeboy wrote:

wilber1 wrote:
Don't think any of it's competition has more than a six speed. The eight speed already has them beat by two gears.

Ford and GM are working on a 9 and 10 speed in a joint venture, due out some time late next year?

Don

I still don't see the point. It just seems strange to me that they would give up one underdrive ratio and add two more overdrive ratios to a vehicle like a Jeep which has such off road aspirations. There must be a reason for choosing the ratios they did and I would like to know the reasoning behind it.