Type designation
Type designation |
General |
Type designation for manual gearboxes is divided into 3 groups of characters as in the following example:
FM55 B01 A12345
The three character groups are separated by spaces and contain different information about the gearbox as specified below.
First group FM57: |
F
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Front-wheel drive
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M
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Type of gearbox
A=Automatic transmission M=Manual gearbox |
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5
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Number of forward gears
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5
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Total gear ratio, top gear (code)
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Total gear ratio, top gear (code)
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Code
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0
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1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Gear ratio
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3.2
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3.1
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3.0
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2.9
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2.8
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2.7
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2.6
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2.5
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2.4
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2.3
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Second group B01: |
Position 1
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Engine/Car adaptation
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A
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Automatic transmission adapted to engines B205E, B235E, B235R and B308E
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B
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Manual gearbox adapted to engines B205E, B235E and B235R
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Position 2 and 3
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Development version
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Third group A12345: |
Manual gearboxes have a 6-character designation which starts with a letter according to which line the gearbox was fitted on. Each number series consists of 5 digits.