F01 7-series with 8-speed transmission

[crosvs]

so i'm blown away by the smoothness of the 6spd auto in my new 645. but still, it has things that could use improvement (hard to come to a stop without any lurch at the end; 1st-2nd sometimes a bit abrupt; abruptly clunks into 6th gear if accelerating hard and then letting up once reaching freeway speeds), so if this 8spd can improve even further, then great!

[vinuneuro]

The tq converter cutout is interesting..never seen the inside of one before.

[BimmerDude]

To bring this topic back, I just have to say that there is sooo many things that can go wrong with this Tranny. I just don't know about reliability.
MB has come out with a new tranny, it doesn't have a tq converter. Very strange, but as you can see, everyone is trying to invent the next best thing. I'd like to see reliability, period!

[JayX5]

With all the transmission problems the current 750 is facing, I'm not really looking forward to this 8 speed AT in the next gen 7 series!