2016 MY Silverado gets 8-Speed Automatic with Safety Gear

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2016 MY Silverado gets 8-Speed Automatic with Safety Gear

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Chevy Silverado face-lift adds LED lighting, 8-speed automatic, safety gear
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GM is expected to offer a 10-speed automatic, perhaps as early as the 2017 model year, under a joint venture with Ford to produce nine-speed automatics for front-wheel-drive vehicles and 10-speed automatics for rear-wheel-drive vehicles.

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Playing a bit of catch-up finally?
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Yay! More garrishly slab-sided bunkum. Is the pendulum setting itself to swing back in the direction of decently proportioned workhorses?
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Is the pendulum setting itself to swing back in the direction of decently proportioned workhorses?
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Article doesn't explain "safety gear". Any idea what it is?
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theholycow wrote:Article doesn't explain "safety gear". Any idea what it is?
I just couldn't resist when they wrote gear and transmixer in the same sentence.

I think they meant lane departure warnings, back-m-up camera, etc. - not really "Safety Gear" as much as "Safety Systems" IMAO.
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:lol:
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