Hi, can anyone out there answer the following: it is my understanding that the early 850's ('93, '94) had some tranny issues, are the transmissions that were installed in the '93/'94 models also found in the '95 and up models? it has been said that the automatic trans. found in the earlier models were manufactured by Asian-Warner (or something sounding like that), and that these transmissions were not as good as the ones found in the '95s and later which I believe the the person who wrote the comment said were manufactured by GM. I could have mis-read what was written so if anyone can help me out, it would be greatly appreciated.

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All 850 and 70 series automatics use Asian Warner transmissions.

There would be differences in the Asian Warner transmissions

year-to-year. So, a 95 model may have improvements in the

transmission that a 93 does not have; some newer ones are

5 speed automatics, etc. I would not assume they are

interchangeable without checking with someone who has replaced

one year with another.

The newer S80 T6 uses a GM supplied transmission (as do some BMWs,

Rolls, and many other makes -- GM makes very good transmissions).

I'm not sure if the normally aspirated S80 also uses a GM or an

Asian Warner.