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An automatic transmission is any transmission that doesn’t require the driver to shift gears. There are more types of automatic transmissions than ever before, including conventional torque ...

If this was a shifter for, say, a Ford Mustang Dark Horse, it would mount on the transmission tunnel and connect via mechanical linkages to a six-speed gearbox. Here, it simply sits on a raised ...

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