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Old 05-27-2012, 03:47 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by arbnpx View Post
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/
Some great info there, thanks!


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Originally Posted by Turbowned View Post
Can you use a voice command like "dial number" and speak out the number? That's probably the easiest and safest way to do it. I can't imagine the system not letting you do that...
You probably could, but like I said, I tried twice to setup up voice commands and both times failed because the system froze. I'm going to try again today though.


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