ZF Friedrichshafen AG's U.S.-made continuously variable transmission is poised to get its first test in a European Ford Focus derivative this year. After a number of delays, ZF will start production ...

Lower production volume and the strong euro are pushing Ford Motor Co. to chop as much as 25 percent from the cost of its continuously variable transmissions engineered by German supplier ZF ...

We've said it countless times, but we'll repeat it: the age of the manual transmission is nearing its end. In its place, automatic transmissions have become the go-to configuration for many, from ...

Friedrichshafen, Germany, is an engineering community that was made famous in the early 1900s during the development of lighter-than-air aircraft. The most well-known entity that came from that town ...

The ZF transmissions plant in Gray Court employs about 2,000 people BMW nearby does not get transmissions from ZF at present, though it has a deal in the works Other BMW suppliers watching the German ...

The last time Ford put a CVT in a nonhybrid car, the effort wasn’t too appreciated by the drivers. If you remember the sorry Five Hundred full-size sedan from 2007, it’s easy to understand why that ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story misidentified one of the uses for the ZF transmission. It should have said all-wheel drive vehicles. ZF Friedrichshafen will supply eight-speed ...

FRANKFURT -- The drive to improve fuel economy has shifted into a higher gear at Mercedes-Benz AG and supplier ZF Friedrichshafen. Both companies used the Frankfurt auto show to display new, ...

Nissan is preparing to launch an all-new line of for the North American market in 2010, including a full-size van and perhaps a heavy-duty pickup truck. While there’s still about a year to go before ...