The original Toronado was powered by a 425 CID Super Rocket V8 engine rated at, mated to a three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic transmission.

The 400 engine was available with any of the three transmissions including the standard three-speed manual, or optional four-speed or Turbo Hydra-Matic.

Optional transmissions included a wide-ratio four-speed with Hurst shifter for $ 207 ( Code M20 ) or the three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic.

All V8 engines were now available with the three-speed Turbo Hydramatic transmission for the first time though the two-speed Powerglide was still offered with the 327 and 350 V8s.

The variable-pitch stator feature of both optional two-speed Jetaway and three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic automatic transmissions was discontinued.

Engine offerings were unchanged from 1968, but a new three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic 350 transmission was added to the option list and available with all versions of the Rocket V8, including the standard two-barrel version, four-barrel " Ultra High Compression " option and the W-31 option, conservatively rated at.

The two-speed Jetaway automatic transmission was discontinued entirely with the three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic now the sole offering for shiftless driving.

Transmissions included a standard column-shift three-speed manual, optional four-speed manual with Hurst shifter or the three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic automatic.

A three-speed manual transmission was standard with the six-cylinder engine but Turbo Hydra-matic was optional with this engine and the 260, and required with the 350 and 455 V8s.

Transmission offerings included a three-speed manual ( standard with the V6 engine on Cutlass S and Supreme coupes and sedans ), five-speed manual ( with 260 V8 only ) or three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic optional on V6 " S " and Supreme models, and standard equipment on all Cutlass Supreme Brougham, Cutlass Salon and station wagon models, as well as all cars with 350 and 403 V8s.

The Riviera continued with minimal trim changes for 1964 including the discontinuation of leather upholstery from the option list, differing mainly in substitution of the old Dynaflow-based Twin Turbine for the new three-speed Super Turbine 400, which was marketed as Turbo Hydra-Matic by other GM divisions.

The standard three-speed and optional four-speed manual transmissions were carried over from 1964, however, a new three-speed Turbo Hydra-matic transmission with torque-converter that was similar in principle to Ford's Cruise-O-Matic and Chrysler's Torqueflite replaced the older three-speed fluid coupling Roto Hydra-matic ( along with the four-speed Super Hydra-matic in Bonneville and Star Chief models ).

Transmission offerings initially were carried over from previous years, including the standard three-speed manual, or optional four-speed stick or Turbo Hydra-Matic.

A floor-mounted three-speed manual transmission was standard equipment with the V6 on the base model and the three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic was optional.

The new three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic transmission with torque converter replaced the original Hydra-Matic transmission used by Olds since its 1940 introduction.

The two-speed Jetaway automatic that was previously offered as an option on the smaller engine 88 models was dropped completely in favor of the GM three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic 400 transmission previously only offered with the larger engines.

The three-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic automatic transmission was standard equipment from 1979 to 1981 and replaced by the four-speed Turbo Hydra-Matic 325-4L overdrive unit from 1982 to 1985.

Transmission options were initially three-speed manual or the newly introduced three-speed Roto Hydramatic.

A new three-speed Turbo-Hydramatic automatic transmission with torque converter replaced the four speed Hydramatic that Oldsmobile had been using since the 1940 model year.

All series 60s came with a three-speed column shift manual, or the optional four-speed Hydramatic automatic.

The 455 was mated to a code OW three-speed Turbo Hydramatic 400 transmission with console-mounted Hurst Dual-Gate shifter that permitted automatic or manually ratched shifting.

In 1961, a somewhat less complex, but also far less reliable three-speed Roto Hydramatic also dubbed the " Slim Jim " Hydramatic ( in which the " dump and fill " shifting principle was retained ) was adopted for all Oldsmobiles as well as Pontiac's full-sized Catalina, Ventura, and Grand Prix models, while all Cadillacs and Pontiac's Bonneville and Star Chief models retained the older four-speed " Jetaway " unit ( not to be confused with the two-speed Jetaway automatic used in various Buick, Olds and Pontiac intermediate cars from 1964-1969 ).

Both of those Hydramatic transmissions were ultimately replaced by a new three-speed torque converter automatic transmission called Turbo-Hydramatic in 1964 and 1965, whose design was more similar in principle to the Chrysler TorqueFlite and the ' 51 Borg Warner designed Ford Cruise-O-Matic than the fluid coupling Hydramatic the " Turbo " replaced.

In 1969, the three-speed Turbo Hydramatic 350 ( THM350 ) was introduced as a light-duty companion to the Turbo-hydramatic 400, and made available on virtually all Chevrolet cars and trucks with six-cylinder or small and medium-sized V8 engines, as well as intermediate sized cars of other GM divisions.

Transmission offerings through the years included one of two automatics — the two-speed Jetaway ( 1968 ) or three-speed Turbo Hydramatic ( 1968 – 72 ), or very rarely, a standard three-speed manual with column shift or optional four-speed manual with floor-mounted Hurst shifter.

The LC Torana was the first application of Holden's new three-speed Tri-Matic automatic transmission.

Mazda then fitted these cars with the 13B rotary engine and three-speed automatic transmission.

Basic transmission for the six-cylinder model was originally a three-speed manual floor shift, with a four-speed Borg-Warner single rail transmission available, taken straight from the Falcon GT.

The US $ 296, package included a V8 rated at at 4800 rpm ) with a single Carter AFB four-barrel carburetor and dual exhaust, chromed valve covers and air cleaner, 7 blade clutch fan, a floor-shifted three-speed manual transmission with Hurst shifter, stiffer springs, larger diameter front sway bar, wider wheels with 7. 50 × 14 redline tires, hood scoops, and GTO badges.

The two-speed automatic transmission was also replaced with a three-speed Turbo-Hydramatic TH-400.

The $ 461 GTO package ( Code WW3 ) included a three-speed manual transmission with Hurst floor shifter, heavy-duty suspension with front and rear anti-roll bars, a shaker hood, special grille, mirrors, and wheels, and various GTO emblems.

In 1966 the Volvo PV ended production, replaced by the Amazon, a less expensive version of the Amazon, without exterior chrome trim, a passenger-side sunshield or cigarette lighter, and with a three-speed rather than four-speed transmission — available in black with red interior and later white or black with red interior.

In 1964 the Borg-Warner BW35 three-speed automatic transmission also became available on the four-door and two-door.

Two primary options were also available ; three-speed JATCo 3N71B automatic transmission and air conditioning.

It was powered by Auburn's L-head Lycoming inline 8 from the Auburn 120, with the crankshaft pushed out through the front of the block and the flywheel mounted there, driving a three-speed transmission.

* 1956: The automatic three-speed TorqueFlite transmission is introduced on some premium models.

The Volo museum describes the Hannibal Twin-8 as built by Warner Brothers at a cost of $ 150, 000, powered by a Corvair six-cylinder engine with three-speed manual transmission and six wheels.

Most 1979-1980 LTDs were sold with the three-speed C6 automatic transmission, with the AOD four-speed optional.

The AK10 used the 2259 cc, 4-cylinder Type C engine from the Toyota Model AE sedan with a three-speed manual transmission and two-speed transfer gearbox connected to it.

The standard equipment transmission was a four-speed manual with floor shifter and Chrysler's three-speed TorqueFlite automatic was optional.

The engine lineup was left unchanged although a heavy-duty three-speed manual became the standard transmission, relegating the four-speed to the option list along with the TorqueFlite automatic.

The engine was mated to a three-speed Lincoln automatic, and both engine and transmission were subject to extensive pre-release testing.

All models came standard with a three-speed manual transmission, while the Cruise-O-Matic automatic and four-speed manual transmissions were options.

All models were equipped with a three-speed manual transmission as a standard feature.

The two-speed Ford-O-Matic automatic transmission ( offered between 1960 and 1963 ) or three-speed C4 Cruise-O-Matic could be ordered as could a three-speed manual transmission.