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SIX-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION GM Powertrain Plant and Ford Transmission Plants UAW Locals 909, 2280, and 863, Membership 5,550 Warren and Sterling Heights, MI and Sharonville, OH |
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Technology: Six-Speed Automatic Transmission Fuel Economy Improvement: 4% GM and Ford worked together to produce a new six-speed automatic transmission for front wheel drive vehicles. The companies are featuring the new transmission in high-volume large cars and sport-utility vehicles, and are expecting annual sales to be in the hundreds of thousands of units. It debuted in 2006 in the Saturn Aura, Pontiac G6, Saturn Outlook, GMC Acadia, and Ford Edge. GM and Ford invested a total of $720 million and saved 1,100 UAW jobs at the three plants that build the transmission. Source: Ford Motor Company; General Motors Corporation |