Thanks, I'm sure I will enjoy the manual....if it breaks Ford will have to fix it. Now I know what I'm getting into before I buy it.....it won't be a surprise if I have a problem.

 

I have had zero issues with my manual. It shifts better than pretty much any car I've driven. Make sure that all the problems you're hearing about aren't from the same 3 or 4 people. People who are happy with something are far less likely to post messages than people who are not.

 

That issue still scares me, i mean seriously made in china for a 5.0 transmisson!! WTF

 

I'd be more concerned about how it is made, not where it is made.

 

Wrong thread .............

 

Ford states it's hiring 7000 people....let's hope they in-house the tranny in the USA!!

 

Damn straight!!!!
Put Americans to work, not slave wage Chinese!

Then, these paid Americans can help rebuild our American economy and even keep Ford going by buying Fords

 

Still love my 6 speed 2011 GT. Sometimes when cold a little notchy between 1st and 2nd. It goes away after a couple of shifts. Like others have said, either decision on trannys- you will still love the Coyote!

 

I agree!!

 

You bet! The Coyote is pumping out some power and the '11 GT is actually hanging with 6.2L Camaros, and with 1.2L less displacement! Too add, the Coyote powered 'Stangs are around 200 lbf lighter than the Camaro, I think at all counterpart trim levels.
What I mean by counterpart trim level is:
The Camaro base SS (or what some call "SS1") to the base Mustang GT (non-premium)
The Camaro SS2 to the Mustang GT Premium.

As for the tranny that is actually made in-house in the US, the 6spd auto, the 6R80, is definitely made in the US by Americans! And interestingly, the 6R80 is only $1000 more than the Chinese made MT82.
There is some disconnect here, because everyone is always saying "Its cheaper to make things in China!" but the MT82 is only $1000 less? If it is so much cheaper, the manual option should also reflect that, but it doesn't.


But for those of us with the MT82 manual (I am included in this group), I am sure that there will be upgrades available, and for those of us with problems, I am sure there will be fixes that will include putting in these improved parts.

My assumption (I stress ASSUMPTION because I do not know for sure) is that the MT82 fixes could include upgrade parts seen in the '12 Boss.
I assume this because the Boss will produce significantly more power with the optional TracKey (the optional key with the more powerful tune) and of course, the Boss stuff has been upgraded to take that power increase.

Just what these upgrades are on the '12 Boss is still a mystery, save for what has already been published. But nothing was published yet about the Boss' own trannies. Hell, the stats of the optional TracKey tune is not even known! (No announced HP, no announced torque rating, not even a dyno graph of the Boss running on the TracKey tune!).