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Re: 2007 camry
slatt333 wrote:[color=blue]
> What is wrong with the transmission? Was there a recall or something?
> What is going on here? I do want a 6 cyl, but I can't...[/color]
Please let me toot my own horn and say I was the first in this
newsgroup to
report issues surrounding the new V6 Camry's transmission.
In January, two months before the '07 V6 first appeared on dealer
lots, yours truly mentioned:
One of Toyota's engineers had this to say about the new
6-speed automatic transmission that comes with the
six-cylinder '07 Camry:
"The old five-speed automatic transmission was much more
expensive than the new six-speed automatic. The new transmission
has 20 percent fewer parts and reduced weight. I don't know how much
less it costs to build, but from the start of development, engineering
was working to reduce parts and increase performance."
Slatt333, if you'd like to read more, here is a link to that 4-month
old thread:
[url]http://groups.google.com/group/alt.autos.toyota/browse_thread/thread/21866a77fc6412fb/2dc63d561c7f0e69?lnk=st&q=transmission+parts+group%3Aalt.autos.toyota+author%3Abuilt_well&rnum=1&hl=en#2dc63d561c7f0e69[/url]
By the way, I shouldn't say the new tranny is bad, just that it is
unproven and
seems not to be as good as the tranny it's replacing. Still, would you
rather
have a Toyota tranz or some other company's? I know I vote Toyota.
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