C220 DCI 6 Speed Manual GearBox Question

[turbopete]

For the few manual boxes that MB sell I would have thought that buying in from ZF would have made all the difference. Their boxes are fautless

and they would have made a great car even better! although there do seem to be lots more manual MB's around nowadays, so you would have thought they would have at least developed them further now.

i must admit though that the 6 speed is a big improvement on the old 5 speed, but still a long way behind ford and honda shift quality, and the ZF boxes seem bomb proof in the BMW's

 

[walsi]

You can't beat ZF box's, anything rover used is good by me

 

[television]

The first ZF box I ever used was in a Alvis TF21 about 1964 and another in a 1995 Alfa 2600 beritone sprint, they were so nice even back then

 

[walsi]

I had a nissan 280zx turbo that was fitted with the zf box, it was an option but not a lot were fitted with it

 

[Mikke]

and they would have made a great car even better! although there do seem to be lots more manual MB's around nowadays, so you would have thought they would have at least developed them further now.

i must admit though that the 6 speed is a big improvement on the old 5 speed, but still a long way behind ford and honda shift quality, and the ZF boxes seem bomb proof in the BMW's

Well the next Merc will be an automatic most likely. Not that they dont have any issues, lazy and relaxed driving just sounds great! Has to be at least 220 or 250 though if i choose the automatic.