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Originally Posted by touge-n00b
I really love Honda shifters, especially the one in the S2000, and this Aisin box feels nearly as good.
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The S2000 manual transmission was based off of the Aisin AZ6 (but heavily modified by Honda). The BRZ / FR-S manual transmission is also based off of the AZ6; according to the 86 development story article that Ichitaka posted, they took the Toyota Altezza transmission (which was also based off of the AZ6), and replaced about 80% of the internal parts, while also dedicating an engineer to improving the shift feel while also keeping the shifting movement smooth.
Kaizen Factor had a nice blog article on the FR-S / BRZ / 86 transmissions (auto and manual):
http://kaizenfactor.wordpress.com/20...e-know-so-far/
...along with a clarification of a misprint in the FR-S Las Vegas press event specifications presentation (specifically, the manual transmission is not "RA62", but "TL70"):
http://kaizenfactor.wordpress.com/20...n-or-is-scion/