
Automobile production - automatic transmission forecast 2010-2015
The timeline shows an automatic transmission forecast for automobile production worldwide from 2010 to 2015. In 2010, about 25.03 million cars and light vehicles produced worldwide were equipped with an automatic transmission. It is forecast that this number will increase to about 28.65 million automobiles produced worldwide in 2015. An automatic transmission is a type of motor vehicle transmission that can automatically change gear ratios as the vehicle moves. Most automatic transmissions have a defined set of gear ranges, often with a parking pawl feature that locks the output shaft of the transmission.