10 speed transmission, worth waiting for?

[Protect1989]

In the latest press release, GMC stated that the 10 speed transmission will be coming in the 2018 GMC Denali.

Is it worth waiting for? What sort of realistic benefits will come from the 10 speed compared to the current 8 speed? Any fear of being the first to adopt or should it be relatively bullet-proof?

http://media.gmc.com/media/us/en/gm...es/news/us/en/2017/may/0524-yukon-denali.html

 

[hunter991]

to me i am not sure i would want a first year thing. I know its been around for a little bit in the partnership with Ford. What i have heard is the 10speed seems to hunt for gears on steep grades from a friend of mine who has it in the F150. With a transmission i want to have at least a 3 year "in production" track record. But thats just me. They aren't cheap to replace the ones in the old days.

 

[PivotalRex]

I have to agree with hunter on holding off, you might luck out with no issues but it might be worth waiting it out if you really want the 10 speed. Also, looks like less than 1 MPG increase so it's not worth it if you were expecting better MPG.

http://www.caranddriver.com/flipboo...he-new-fordgm-10-speed-automatic-transmission

 

[adventurenali92]

I still can't seem to figure out why ford and gm think that an SUV based on a half ton truck frame and chassis, needs a 10 speed transmission. For what? It's not going to pull anything that requires that big of a transmission weight wise. It seems to me, that transmission will spend a lot of time hunting for the right gear, which is not desired for a lot of reasons. I would think the 8 speed is probably the better option.

 

[tonywush]

No transmission is perfect.

I learned fron exisiting Ford review that the 10spd will skip the gear when necessary: i.e 1-3-5-7-8.

IMO, if I can get a really decent deal on the 17" Denali/Escalade, I will go with 17".

 

[DenaliEd]

From what I hear, it's incredible in the new ZL1. Hopefully they don't screw it up like they did the 8 speed...

 

[Protect1989]

Thank you for all the input. Its sounding like the 10 speed might be more of a hinderance than a help. Im going to shop around and see the lowest pricing I can get on a '17. Cant wait for the old "let me talk to my manager" routine.

 

[chicagofan00]

I think I would personally want to wait until it's been a year in production on the Chevy/GMC/Escalade line of trucks before jumping into it. I'm sure overall it will be just fine but I think there may be some initial growing pains of the trucks not going into the correct gear for the current situation. Besides, waiting a year will give the various tuners (Diablo, Blackbear, etc.) time to get used to it as well.

 

[inmypassatlife]

Man, the 6spd DSG in my Passat was a dream. Best trans I ever had in any vehicle, absolutely friggin amazing

 

[carterchapman]

I would never buy the first year of ANYTHING from GM.