Talk:Chrysler PowerFlite transmission

This article is somewhat misleading. While it is true that Chrysler was the last of the Big Three to offer a FULLY automatic transmission, it DID offer a semi-automatic transmission (usually called "Fluid Drive" even though its numerous versions and modifications had individual names) through the 1940's and into the early 1950's.

Powerflite became available on ALL Chryslers late in the 1953 model year, not just on Imperials.

RogerInPDX 14 March 2007

I have added some information about gear selector patterns and Chrysler's reasoning behind them. I have also discussed the fact that PowerFlite did not have a "Park" range.

RogerInPDX 06:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)RogerInPDX

This statement: "As happened regularly with many technological inventions pioneered by America across not only the automotive industry but all conceivable fields, the PowerFlite was reverse engineered and copied by the Russians" is unreasonable (at least in the "all conceivable fields" portion) and unsupported by the reference. The PowerFlite was copied; the rest is just a rant. brian&#124;bp 23:00, 18 February 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brian abp (talk • contribs)
 * The deleted portion was especially egregious, as Chrysler did not "pioneer" in "the field" of automatic transmissions, quite the contrary, by the time the PowerFlite was introduced it was well behind the pack. The factory manual for the ZIL contains some very detailed blueprints and descriptions of the ZIL automatic transmission, it may be interesting to compare it the to the original Chrysler design. To me, the functional parts (planetary gear sets, clutches, oil pump, etc.) look superficially similar, but the analysis should be made by someone who is more of an expert on this subject, not me. 85.140.1.19 (talk) 22:49, 30 January 2018 (UTC)