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SEAT Componentes to manufacture new 6-speed manual for Volkswagen Group MQB platform; 450K units/year

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Located in El Prat de Llobregat, this is one of the facilities owned by the Volkswagen Group worldwide for the manufacture of transmissions, together with the ones in Kassel (Germany), Mladá Boleslav and Vrchlabi (Czech Republic), Córdoba (Argentina) and the four plants located in China (Tianjin, Dalian, Changchun and Anting).

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New Volkswagen MQ281 manual gearbox shaves up to 5g CO2/km

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Although they function unobtrusively, manual gearboxes have a significant share of the gearbox market worldwide due to a high installation rate. Only slight modifications were sufficient to improve efficiency and consumption. The trend towards vehicles from the SUV segment with large-diameter wheels places high demands on the gearbox.