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[Automotive Blogs] In fact, six speed automatic transmissions appear on a wide range of General Motors cars and trucks. Nine new six-speed automatic transmissions have appeared in more than 40 vehicles in the automaker's lineup over the past six years.

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[CleanMPG.com - News Feed] New technologies help European Audi drivers lower their fuel ...: Audi also employs a host of measures to minimize friction and optimizes aerodynamics. These benefits are made tangible for the driver by a range of innovative assistance systems, with the standard specification of many current Audi models already featuring numerous efficiency technologies such as the Audi valvelift system, high-efficiency transmission and tires with reduced rolling resistance.

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[Easy Car Blog] General Motors should have 38 direct injection models by 2010 ...: Additionally, GM offers more models with fuel-saving six-speed manual transmissions than any other manufacturer in North America. That contributes to GM’s 2009 domestic car and light truck lineups’ estimated fuel savings of 700 million gallons when compared with the 2008 lineup, during the life of the vehicles.

[Daily Autos Blog] 2009 Ford Flex | Daily Autos Blog: The most direct competitors for the Flex are the Chevy Traverse, Saturn Outlook, GMC Arcadia, and Buick Enclave (all built on GM's Lambda platform), plus the Honda Pilot and Toyota Highlander. These competitors are quite different from the Flex in a variety of ways, so it's a good idea to shop them all to understand what each has to offer.

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