6-SPEED GETRAG TRANSAXLE
With its six-speed manual transaxle from the German manufacturer, Getrag? the SVT Focus joins the 2000 SVT Mustang Cobra R as the only cars in the Ford line equipped with six-speed gearboxes.
This unit?s innovative design incorporates an input shaft flanked by two layshafts, and each layshaft has its own set of final drive gears. Layshaft #1 carries first, second, fifth and sixth gears, and a 2.88:1 final drive ratio, while layshaft #2 carries third, fourth, reverse, and a 4.25:1 final drive ratio. All six forward gears, plus reverse, are fully synchronized.
This design gives the SVT Focus the performance advantages of a close-ratio, six-speed gearbox in a remarkably compact and lightweight package. Dividing the output shaft into two allows the transaxle to be much shorter than a conventional single shaft six-speed, thus occupying the same space as the ZX3?s 5-speed gearbox. <snip>