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What did General Motors call the first automatic transmission?

Question #149584. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 04 2023.
Originally posted Aug 04 2023 5:52 PM.

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Introduced in 1940, it was known as the "Hydra-Matic."
The GM Hydra-Matic was a success and installed in the majority of GM models by 1950. Through the 1950s, all makers were working on their own automatic transmission, with four more developed inside GM alone. All of GM's early automatic transmissions were replaced by variants of the Turbo-Hydramatic by the 1970s.
link https://wiki2.org/en/List_of_GM_transmissions+Newton

Aug 04 2023, 5:54 PM
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