List of Daimler AG transmissions

Daimler AG produces a number of automobile transmissions.

Differences in gear ratios have a measurable, direct impact on vehicle dynamics, performance, waste emissions as well as fuel mileage.

Mercedes-Benz Manual Transmissions

For manual transmissions G for gearbox and two digits are used. See G56 — 6-speed manual as an example.

Mercedes-Benz Automatic Transmissions

Mercedes-Benz uses the number "720" to currently "725" to identify an automatic transmission.

3- to 9-Speed
Trade-
mark
Name
Model Type Max.
Input
Torque
Pro-
duction
Period
Engine
Orien-
tation
Speed Layout Cou-
pling
Control Mount
Count
[a]
Span Top
[b]
Power
Flow[c]
Gear-
sets[d]
Brakes Clutch-
es
N/A K4A
025[1][2]
N/A 25 kg⋅m (181 lb⋅ft) 1961 –
1967
Longitudinal 4 3.9789 D S 2 3 3 Fluid
Coupling
Hydraulic 4-Bolt
N/A K4B
050[e]
N/A 51 kg⋅m (369 lb⋅ft) 1964 –
1981
Longitudinal 4 3.9789 D S 3 3 2 Fluid
Coupling
Hydraulic 4-Bolt
N/A K4C
025[3]
722.2 25 kg⋅m (181 lb⋅ft) 1967 –
1972
Longitudinal 4 3.9833 D S 3 3 2 Fluid
Coupling
Hydraulic 4-Bolt
N/A K4A
040
722.2 40 kg⋅m (289 lb⋅ft) 1969 –
1971
Longitudinal 4 3.9833 D S 3 3 2 Fluid
Coupling
Hydraulic 4-Bolt
N/A W3A
040[4]
722.0 40 kg⋅m (289 lb⋅ft) 1971 –
1972
Longitudinal 3 2.3061 D S 2 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic 4-Bolt
N/A W3A
050[4]
722.0 50 kg⋅m (362 lb⋅ft) 1973 –
1980
Longitudinal 3 2.3061 D S 2 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic 4-Bolt
N/A W3A
050
reinf.[f]
722.0 56 kg⋅m (405 lb⋅ft) 1975 –
1981
Longitudinal 3 2.3061 D S 2 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic 4-Bolt
N/A W4B
025[3]
722.1 25 kg⋅m (181 lb⋅ft) 1972 –
1983
Longitudinal 4 3.9833 D S 3 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic 4-Bolt
N/A W4A
018[g]
720.1 18 kg⋅m (130 lb⋅ft) 1975 –
1990
Longitudinal 4 4.0060 D S 3 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic
N/A W4B
035[h]
35 kg⋅m (253 lb⋅ft) 1975 – Longitudinal 4 4.1758 D S 3 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic
4G-Tronic
[i]
W4A
040[8]
722.3 40 kg⋅m (289 lb⋅ft) 1979 –
1985
Longitudinal 4 3.6759 D S 3 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic 6-Bolt
4G-Tronic
[i]
W4A
020[8]
722.4 20 kg⋅m (145 lb⋅ft) 1982 –
1996
Longitudinal 4 4.2491 D S 3 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic 6-Bolt
4G-Tronic
[i]
W4A
040 II[8]
722.3 40 kg⋅m (289 lb⋅ft) 1985 –
1996
Longitudinal 4 3.8707 D S 3 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic 6-Bolt
4G-Tronic
[i]
W4A
028[9]
722.3 28 kg⋅m (203 lb⋅ft) 1990 –
1996
Longitudinal 4 3.8707 D S 3 3 2 Torque
Converter
Hydraulic 6-Bolt
4G-Tronic
[i]
W5A
030[8]
722.5 30 kg⋅m (217 lb⋅ft) 1990 –
1996
Longitudinal 5 5.1609 O S 4 4 3 Torque
Converter
H + E
[j]
6-Bolt
5G-Tronic W5A
280[k]
722.6
NAG1
[l]
280 N⋅m (207 lb⋅ft) Longitudinal 5[m] 4.7345 O P & S 3 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
5G-Tronic W5A
300[n]
722.6
NAG1
[l]
300 N⋅m (221 lb⋅ft) Longitudinal 5[m] 4.7345 O P & S 3 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
5G-Tronic W5A
330[o]
722.6
NAG1
[l]
330 N⋅m (243 lb⋅ft) 1996 –
2016
Longitudinal 5[m] 4.7345 O P & S 3 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
5G-Tronic W5A
400[p]
722.6
NAG1
[l]
400 N⋅m (295 lb⋅ft) Longitudinal 5[m] 4.3152 O P & S 3 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
5G-
Tronic
W5A
580[q]
722.6
NAG1
[l]
580 N⋅m (428 lb⋅ft) 1996 –
2014
Longitudinal 5[m] 4.3152 O P & S 3 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
5G-
Tronic
W5A
900[r]
722.6
NAG1
[l]
900 N⋅m (664 lb⋅ft) 1996 –
2014
Longitudinal 5[m] 4.3152 O P & S 3 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
5G-Tronic W5A
330[s]
722.6
NAG1
[l]
330 N⋅m (243 lb⋅ft) 2004 –
2018
Longitudinal 5[m] 4.7425 O P & S 3 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
5G-
Tronic
W5A
580[t]
722.6
NAG1
[l]
580 N⋅m (428 lb⋅ft) 2004 –
2018
Longitudinal 5[m] 4.3266 O P & S 3 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
5G-
Tronic
W5A
180
722.7 180 N⋅m (133 lb⋅ft) 1997 –
2020
Transverse 5 5.028 O S 5[u] 0 6 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
Auto-
tronic
722.8 N/A 2004 –
2011
Transverse CVT 6.420 O S 1 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
7G-
Tronic
[12][13][14]
W7A
700
722.9
NAG2
[v]
700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft)
[w]
2003 –
2020
Longitudinal 7[m] 6.0162 O P & S 4 4 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
9G-
Tronic
[15]
W9A
700
725.0
NAG3
[x]
700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft)
[w]
2013 –
2016
Longitudinal 9 9.1495 O P & S 4 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
9G-
Tronic
[15]
W9A
700
725.0
NAG3
[x]
700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft)
[w]
2016 –
Present
Longitudinal 9 8.9022 O P & S 4 3 3 Torque
Converter
w/ Lockup
Electronic
  1. ^ plus 1 reverse gear (unless otherwise specified)
  2. ^ D: direct drive · O: overdrive
  3. ^ P: parallel: using the two degrees of freedom of planetary gearsets to increase the number of gears · S: serial
  4. ^ Epicyclic gearing (unless otherwise specified)
  5. ^ for the 6.3 L V8-engine M100 of the 600 and 300 SEL 6.3
  6. ^ for the 6.8 L V8-engine M100 of the 450 SEL 6.9[4]
  7. ^ for light duty trucks up to 5,600 kg (12,350 lb)[5][6]
  8. ^ for medium duty trucks up to 11,000 kg (24,250 lb)[6][7]
  9. ^ a b c d e unofficial name given to the transmission by car enthusiasts
  10. ^ Reverse gear and gears 1 – 4: Hydraulic · Gear 5 (Overdrive): Electronic[8]
  11. ^ for Vans: Vito · Sprinter · Vario[10][11]
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h First New Automatic Gearbox Generation introducing the all new combined parallel and serial power flow
  13. ^ a b c d e f g h i plus 2 reverse gears
  14. ^ for SUV with 6 cylinder engines[10][11]
  15. ^ for passenger cars with 4, 5 and 6 cylinder engines[10][11]
  16. ^ for SUV with 8 cylinder engines[10][11]
  17. ^ for passenger cars with 8 and 12 cylinder engines and later for the 6 cylinder turbocharged diesel direct injection engines[10][11]
  18. ^ for cars with 8 and 12 cylinder turbocharged engines[10][11]
  19. ^ for cars from Chrysler with 6 cylinder engines[10][11]
  20. ^ for cars from Chrysler with 8 cylinder engines[10][11]
  21. ^ helical gear
  22. ^ Second New Automatic Gearbox Generation with parallel and serial power flow
  23. ^ a b c different variants with an input capacity up to 1,000 N⋅m (738 lb⋅ft)
  24. ^ a b Third New Automatic Gearbox Generation with parallel and serial power flow

References

  1. ^ Johannes Looman · Zahnradgetriebe · pp. 133 ff · Berlin and Heidelberg 1970 · Print ISBN 978-3-540-04894-7
  2. ^ Ergebnis und Ausblick · Festschrift für Herrn Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Förster zum Ausscheiden als Direktor aus dem aktiven Dienst der Daimler-Benz AG November 1982 (Result And Outlook · commemorative publication for Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Foerster on the occasion of leaving as director from active duty at Daimler-Benz AG November 1982) · pp. 6 · 20
  3. ^ a b loc. cit. · pp. 7 · 20
  4. ^ a b c Hans Joachim Foerster · Automatische Fahrzeuggetriebe · p. 452 · Berlin and Heidelberg 1991 · Print ISBN 978-3-642-84119-4 · Online ISBN 978-3-642-84118-7
  5. ^ loc. cit. · p. 487
  6. ^ a b Ergebnis und Ausblick · Festschrift für Herrn Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Förster zum Ausscheiden als Direktor aus dem aktiven Dienst der Daimler-Benz AG November 1982 (Result And Outlook · commemorative publication for Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Foerster on the occasion of leaving as director from active duty at Daimler-Benz AG November 1982) · pp. 9 · 22
  7. ^ Hans Joachim Foerster · Automatische Fahrzeuggetriebe · p. 489 · Berlin and Heidelberg 1991 · Print ISBN 978-3-642-84119-4 · Online ISBN 978-3-642-84118-7
  8. ^ a b c d e loc. cit. · pp. 171 · 192
  9. ^ "Automatisches Getriebe 722.3 Typ 461, 463 Bestell-Nr. 6510 5762 02" (PDF). 2022-03-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2024-07-04.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h https://www.scribd.com/embeds/92643386/content?start_page=1&view_mode=list&access_key=key-7h437wiv215r2tv8d93
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h http://www.w124performance.com/docs/mb/transmission/722.6/trans_722.6_ATSG_2004.pdf
  12. ^ "Catalog" (PDF). shop.ukrtrans.biz. Retrieved 2020-01-15.
  13. ^ "Mercedes Benz 722.9 Training Manual" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Mercedes-Benz Automatic Transmission 722.9 Technical Training Materials - PDF Free Online". Archived from the original on 2019-06-28. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
  15. ^ a b "System description" (PDF). documents.epfl.ch. Retrieved 2020-01-16.