vulcanbike

I think the following You Tube Clip pretty much answers the question of what technology has done, to something like the automatic transmission ,that was pretty much fool proof , and not has become. If this does not come through just Google, Chrysler Turbo Encabulator Entabulator.htm

Yes well it may be a heavy vehicle, but after logging approximately one million klms in various work vehicles, some equipped with automatic transmissions, this is first one I have ever driven that will not hold the speed on hill, given that the approach speed to the hill was appropriate. My last vehicle, a Ford 450, gas,weighing in at 15,000 pounds and automatic equipped went to auction at 250,000 kms with its original brakes. For instance a hill I used everyday at Drumheller Alberta on a curvey road was posted at 70km/hr. If I approached that hill at 70km/hr the engine would hold that speed all the way with the transmission in 2nd gear. Didn't have to ride the brakes all the way down, as with the Journey.

I have a 2010 RT with the six speed transmission. The positive is it is very smooth shifting. The negative is even using the autostick option there seems to be little or no hold back going downhill. The engine just starts revving like crazy and there you are using the brakes to keep from having a runaway. Not like any automatic I've ever had. Is this a new and "improved" version of an automatic?