Getrag Speeds up Gear Shifts in New Smart Fortwo Audi Development
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AN_070416_22.qxd 12.04.2007 17:01 Uhr Seite 22 PAGE 22 · www.autonewseurope.com April 16, 2007 Car cutaway Getrag speeds up gear shifts in new Smart ForTwo Many people complained that the original Smart ForTwo’s six-speed the driver to shift down two gears at once, eliminating overrevving tem. Magna Intier Automotive Seating supplies the seats, Magna Clo- automated manual transmission shifted gears too slowly. The new and incorrect gear changes. Magna International subsidiaries make sures delivers the doors and Magna Donnelly provides interior mirrors. five-speed automated manual, which also is from Getrag, cuts shifting multiple contributions to the ForTwo. Magna Cosma operates the times in half. The gearbox also is equipped with a function that allows body-in-white assembly line and supplies the crash management sys- Steven Wingett WINDSHIELD: POWER WINDOW BELT LOCK SENSOR CABLE HARNESS: SEATS: ROOF MODULE: SUNROOF MOTORS: SEAT BACK SUSPENSION: FIXED QUARTER GLASS: GAS SPRING TAILGATE: REAR LAMPS: AGC AUTOMOTIVE REGULATORS: HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE INTIER SEATING WEBASTO NIDEC MOTORS AND ACTUATORS LEGGETT & PLATT AUTOMOTIVE GROUP DURA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS STABILUS SCHEFENACKER BROSE LICENSE PLATE LAMP: HELLA KGAA HUECK & CO. EXTERIOR MIRRORS: SCHEFENACKER FUEL TANK: INERGY AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS RADIO: VISTEON ESP: BOSCH INSTRUMENT PANEL: CAMS (DIESEL ENGINES): FAURECIA NEUMAYER TEKFOR DIESEL TURBOCHARGER : FRONTEND-MODULE-CARRIER: BORGWARNER PLASTAL PISTONS: KOLBENSCHMIDT PIERBURG STABILIZER BAR FRONT: MUBEA STARTER MOTOR: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION STEERING COLUMN: THYSSENKRUPP PRESTA FASTENERS: TRW ENGINEERED FASTENERS & COMPONENTS STEERING GEAR BOOTS: ENGINE COOLING MOTORS: CONTITECH NIDEC MOTORS AND ACTUATORS VALVE STEM SEALS: SUSPENSIONS SPRING: SKF SEALING SOLUTIONS MUBEA FASTENERS: SHOCK ABSORBERS: A. RAYMOND THYSSENKRUPP BILSTEIN OIL FILTERS: MAHLE TIRES: BRIDGESTONE CLUTCH: ZF BRAKE LINE SYSTEM FASTENING: TIRE PRESSURE MONITORING : AXLE SHIMS: ALLOY WHEELS: IMPAXX ENERGY ABSORBING FOAM: 5-SPEED AMT: ABDS MECHANICAL TENSIONERS: TRANSMISSION ECU: CARPET FLOOR COVERING: CATALYST: EMHART TEKNOLOGIES GATES EAGLEPICHER BORBET DOW AUTOMOTIVE GETRAG GATES POWER TRANSMISSION MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION STANKIEWICZ EMITEC Suppliers wanted: If you are a supplier and have questions or want your information considered for our cutaway features, contact Steven Wingett at [email protected]. Q & A: Michael Dick Audi development chief pledges technical advances Audi’s product-line expansion will sively to improving environmental be accompanied compatibility. by major technical advances, says Michael Dick, the carmaker’s devel- But all automakers want to be more opment chief. Dick, 55, spoke with environmentally friendly. Automobilwoche Reporter Pia Krix. We are not just concerned with en- gines, although we are quite far along You want to expand your lineup to 40 in that area. With the launch of the from 22 vehicles by 2015. Can you new A5, all engines going into new maintain your “Vorsprung durch vehicles for the first time will meet Technik” (German for “Progress the Euro 5 standard. In these cases, through technology”)? the engines are still homologated to Certainly. We will systematically ex- meet Euro 4 because the measuring pand our lineup and demonstrate procedures for Euro 5 haven’t been our technological edge with each spelled out in detail yet. But we al- new model. So we have resolved to ready have the hardware on board. continue to improve our (quattro) all-wheel drive. “We will demon- How will you improve quattro? strate our techno- We want to optimize the dri- ving dynamics, and increase logical edge” driving safety in the process. Our goal is to complement Michael Dick our electronic stability pro- gram with a specific distrib- ution of propulsive force. In that What environmental measures are process, precisely measured you planning? amounts of engine torque are di- We want to increase efficiency right rected to the rear wheels to achieve through the whole parameter of ve- optimum road performance. In the hicle effects. The engine consumes future, understeering will be a for- 50 percent of the energy needs of a eign concept. car. To make reductions possible in the remaining 50 percent, we are When will customers benefit from deeply involved with weight reduc- quattro’s further development? tion and the accompanying im- As early as next year. But all-wheel provement in driving and friction re- drive is one of many issues. sistance, along with intelligent ener- We are devoting ourselves inten- gy and thermal management. ANE.