flashfearless Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Who puchaesd a 12 escape? I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashfearless Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Anybody have an ecoboost on their car? Wish the 12 escape had it. I got flex fuel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashfearless Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Who puchaesd a 12 escape? Click on the first link in my signature for my sticker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rscalzo Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 What are you stupid? They ALREADY HAVE the damn transmission. It's available in the base package. There's no reason why ford shouldn't at least offer it as a custom order factory option. If it wasn't for light trucks and sports type vehicles, the manual transmission would be extinct. in the past many bought them for the increased fuel economy but that's not longer true.Even though the manual is offered in the utility version of the Escape, how many are actually sold? Doubt much more than six percent. At a casual glance, stick shift transmissions seem to be headed for the dust heap, alongside other perfectly nice tools of the past like typewriters and rooftop TV antennas. In the vast population of all light vehicles on U.S. roads--some 240 million in rough numbers--stick shifts account for just 12 percent today, according to Polk, the industry data-gathering firm. Automakers estimate that most are older vehicles, slowly aging out of commission, and that manuals represent a measly 5 to 7 percent of vehicle sales today. Japanese automakers have been investing in additional transmission manufacturing capacity in North America over the past year for future products, including a $50 million Ohio factory expansion project announced last month by Honda of America Manufacturing Inc. But it is all for new-generation automatic transmissions. Toyota, Nissan, and Honda do not produce a single manual transmission in the United States. To prepare for future demand, German transmission supplier ZF Group has stepped up plans for a new factory in Laurens, S.C., that will produce eight-speed automatic transmissions for Chrysler. ZF said last month that it has increased the budget to $400 million, up from the scheduled $320 million, so it can add a new nine-speed automatic transmission to the mix. "Demand for manual transmissions is shrinking for all manufacturers," says Steve Yaeger, Nissan North America Inc.'s spokesman on technology. Nissan offers manual options on many models, including the high-revving 370Z roadster. But the technology is peripheral. Sales of the Z will be under 10,000 this year. Of greater significance is Nissan's strategic move of recent years to use more continuously variable transmissions, promoting their smoothness and fuel economy. The 2012 Nissan Versa sedan comes with either a CVT or a five-speed manual. The CVT Versa offers 3 miles per gallon better combined city and highway fuel economy than the more humble stick version. They aren't available in a AWD version. Finding one on a lot.....never happens. Why change over the line to cover what amounts to little or no demand. While I never worked a assembly line, putting in a different type of trans has gone to be more involved then a different type of radio or trim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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