Direct Shift-8AT

Toyota City, Japan, December 6, 2016―Toyota Motor Corporation, in pursuit of superb driving and environmental performance, and based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA) structural reform for making ever-better cars, has developed advanced engines and transmissions and further evolved its hybrid systems. Toyota intends to deploy these new powertrain units in a rapidly broadening range of vehicle models, starting in 2017.
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[@niemann999]

I hope either this or the 10 speed eventually does go to the tundra. I Love the truck. but i hate the 6 speed on the highway.

[@adelalali5165]

Thanks toyota 😍👍🫡

[@mahimmahmood3953]

woooooow new gear

[@therealvictorpo]

Is this on the GR cars?

[@huss1205]

Volvo uses this AT8 gearbox in all of their range. Previously AT6 was used by Volvo.

[@khalidkakati4406]

It's not CVT?

[@huss1205]

No

[@Ben-bg2lp]

The biggest car manufacturer in the world needs to up its animation! Jesus Christ!

[@ronch550]

Curious how car makers are suddenly coming up with all these new mechanicals, like this from Toyota and Nissan's Variable Compression tech.

[@zero2sixty244]

These had issues with hesitation but I drove the 2020 and 2021 Camry (2.5 and 3.5) and it’s way better, I really liked it, shifted fast, etc but just wished it upshifted more gears quicker under light acceleration but still did fine. I hope the NA V6 and 4 cyl combo don’t go anywhere cause it was perfect with the 8 speed combo. I’ve also driven 2019 Tacoma TRD Pro and the way 6 speed is tuned is horrible in my opinion

[@jack8356]

Even the newer 2023 models are still hesitanting when taking off and hesitanting when you floor it. The dealer told me its normal. And up shift is slow on my car. And it goes though every gear even though when i floor it i hit 60 in like maybe 3rd or 4th gear it just goes all the gears which is annoy.

[@dqflyheli]

common problems of conventional automatic transmission are burned clutch pack ... so how do you solve that ????

[@jackieliu5004]

Shift properly and don't rest your feet on the clutch

[@AB-uw7vj]

This video is deceiving. While the tech is awesome, the final result lacks from poor programming. This 8speed transmission does not change gears as expected and the driving experience is similar to driving a car with a damaged transmission (slipping, shift shock symptoms). Toyota already prepared a software update for this problem, which the dealer applied on my car. Nothing really changed after that update. There is a tremendous amount of complaints from customers out there on this matter. TOYOTA, please fix this! Your product is incomplete without suitable software management! This is driving your customers away as the ownership experience and the resale value of the cars with this transmission is taking big hits! Add to that the poor Entune 3.0 suite and you have the perfect recipe for failure.

[@gustavocarrillo327]

put it in sport mode, once you hit highway or a long stretch of road say about 40mph+ switch to normal.

[@xavierdelafuente254]

They have something out called IDRIVE

[@wageslave387]

It's 2022. Drove a Camry with 8sp. At low speeds in particularly, the shifts feel indecisive and the car shudders. It will frequently jump to one speed and then another a second later before delivering any power. Hills, use of AC make it worse.

[@jack8356]

Yep 2023 still does the same thing. And no software update apparently

[@krr711]

Love Toyota! Informative video but the music reminded me of something a teen from CA in flip-flops would create. I'm gonna be a DJ someday!!! Loud and annoying music does not add credibility or project longevity.

[@donooetomo5213]

TOYOTA .... MUST MAKE DCT OR DSG LIKE VW GROUP

[@jack8356]

Not a good representation of what it does in real life. It shits slow af. When you floor it and let go. It literally take 5 seconds per gear just to upshift. Edit: i cleared the trans code and it still takes like 2 second for it to shift after flooring it

[@ricstars95]

which car model is it?

[@jack8356]

@@ricstars95 camry 23

[@dwindeyer]

@@jack8356 Do you know about the kickdown switch at the end of the gas pedal travel?

[@jack8356]

@@dwindeyer explain

[@dwindeyer]

@@jack8356 it feels like the pedal stops but there’s a detent and you can push it a bit further, it tells the transmission to shift down immediately

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

So Toyota is showing a Corolla with an 8 Speed Automatic? Then why does the Corolla Hatchback come with cheap and annoying CVT??? The M20A-FKS engine is a great engine, just mated to the wrong transmission.... The Corolla would otherwise be a great car!!! What a shame. Hopefully Toyota will not make this same mistake for the next generation, or perhaps they can make some mechanical changes whenever they facelift the current generation Corollas.. OR if anything, slap an A25A-FKS with the 8 Speed Auto (even better). You could call it the Corolla Hatchback XSR or Corolla Hatchback Sport or something. That's probably be easier from an engineering perspective anyway, since I'm not sure if they make the M20A-FKS with an 8 Speed gearbox at all. I would rather have a 2.5L engine anyway. The 2.0L Corolla is painfully slow as it is. Until then, I'll be hanging on to my Matrix. I'll have to replace my current Toyota eventually. I just hope I can replace it with another Toyota, given they produce a model that meets my requirements. Could I just go an buy a RAV4? Sure. But I MUCH prefer the smaller form factor of hatchbacks. And just imagine how quick and nimble a Corolla Hatchback would be with the 2.5L motor and an 8 Speed Auto. Maybe even a limited slip differential (I am just dreaming now) (; but a guy can dream. I beg you Toyota. Please stop with the CVTs! This video obviously shows that you've spent huge amounts of money invested to develop these new and awesome transmissions... you should put them in as many vehicles as possible! Us consumers *really* don't mind paying a few hundred or a few thousand extra for better equipped cars.

[@specialized29er86]

why they developing petrol engine when in 20 years all vehicles on the road must be green

[@mcciaccio]

Building green cars is not green. They create a lot of pollution in mining,shipping and building the battery, building the power plant to charge them and running whatever power plant you build. Then again you have the problems of trying to recycle the battery at the end of the cars life. Let’s face it, there’s a few billion too many people on earth and most green technologies are just a different trade off. The modern engine would be so much more efficient if the government would let manufacturers build smaller and lighter vehicles. They keep getting heavier and heavier because of so much safety B.S and as a result the fuel efficiency doesn’t improve much and some 1990s cars got better mpg than cars today. Also modern Diesel engines have tons of pollution control crap on them that kills their mpg by 20% and all that diesel exhaust fluid has to be manufactured, shipped by trucks and in plastic jugs that pollute. Then when the truck goes in regen it just burns that crap out the tailpipe anyway. So how is that helping anyone