For years, automakers were reliant on 6-speed transmissions. However, they began to adopt 8-speed replacements, following pressure from the government to meet new environmental regulations. When the 8 ...

Allison Transmission has spent more than a century turning a niche engineering specialty into a global franchise in heavy-duty automatics, while General Motors has steadily stepped back from a ...

The General Motors 8L family of transmissions has been in service since 2014, gradually replacing older 6L six-speed units across much of the company's lineup. The bigger 8L90 was the first GM 8-speed ...

General Motors announced a $332 million investment into new powertrains today, including an eight-speed transmission slated for some of its vehicles by 2016. Also part of the announcement is a new V6 ...

Chevrolet and GMC trucks will keep the same automatic transmission, but gone will be the Allison name. It’s the end of an era in the HD truck segment. General Motors and Allison Transmission will end ...

Certain versions of the 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 will be offered with both the GM eight-speed automatic transmission and GM ten-speed automatic transmission, the automaker confirmed to GM Authority this ...