List of Daimler AG transmissions

Daimler AG (today: Mercedes-Benz Group AG) is a German car manufacturing company. It manufactures its own automobile transmissions and only purchases from suppliers in individual cases. They may be used in passenger cars and SUVs, or light commercial vehicles such as vans and light trucks.

Basically there are two types of motor vehicle transmissions:

• Manual – the driver has to perform each gear change using a manually operated clutch
• Automatic – once placed in drive (or any other 'automatic' selector position), it automatically selects the gear ratio dependent on engine speed and load

Basically there are two types of engine installation:

• In the longitudinal direction, the gearbox is usually designed separately from the final drive (including the differential). The transaxle configuration combines the gearbox and final drive in one housing and is only built in individual cases
• In the transverse direction, the gearbox and final drive are very often combined in one housing due to the much more restricted space available

Every type of transmission occurs in every type of installation.

Mercedes-Benz Manual Transmissions

For manual transmissions G for gearbox and two digits are used. See G56 — 6-speed manual as an example. In 2019, Daimler AG discontinued the production of manual transmissions.

Mercedes-Benz Automatic Transmissions

Mercedes-Benz uses the number "720" to currently "725" to identify automatic, dual-clutch (DCT), Continuously variable (CVT), and automated manual transmissions (AMT).

3‑ to 9‑Speed

Trade- mark Name	Model	Type	Version	Pro- duction Period	Engine Orien- tation	Gear Ratios[a]			Layout				Cou- pling	Control	Mount
						1st Top	Count[b] Span[c]	Step[d] Center[e]	Power Flow[f]	Gear- sets[g]	Brakes	Clutch- es
N/A	K4A 025[1][2]	N/A	25 kg⋅m (181 lb⋅ft)	1961 – 1971	Longitudinal	3.9789 1.0000	4 3.9789	1.5846 1.9947	S	2	3	3	Fluid Coupling	Hydraulic	4-Bolt
N/A	K4B 050[h]	N/A	51 kg⋅m (369 lb⋅ft)	1964 – 1981	Longitudinal	3.9789 1.0000	4 3.9789	1.5846 1.9947	S	3	3	2	Fluid Coupling	Hydraulic	4-Bolt
N/A	K4C 025[3]	722.2	25 kg⋅m (181 lb⋅ft)	1967 – 1972	Longitudinal	3.9833 1.0000	4 3.9833	1.5852 1.9958	S	3	3	2	Fluid Coupling	Hydraulic	4-Bolt
N/A	K4A 040	722.2	40 kg⋅m (289 lb⋅ft)	1969 – 1971	Longitudinal	3.9833 1.0000	4 3.9833	1.5852 1.9958	S	3	3	2	Fluid Coupling	Hydraulic	4-Bolt
N/A	W3A 040[4]	722.0	40 kg⋅m (289 lb⋅ft)	1971 – 1980	Longitudinal	2.3061 1.0000	3 2.3061	1.5186 1.5186	S	2	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic	4-Bolt
N/A	W3A 050[4]	722.0	50 kg⋅m (362 lb⋅ft)	1973 – 1980	Longitudinal	2.3061 1.0000	3 2.3061	1.5186 1.5186	S	2	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic	4-Bolt
N/A	W3A 050 reinf.[i]	722.0	56 kg⋅m (405 lb⋅ft)	1975 – 1981	Longitudinal	2.3061 1.0000	3 2.3061	1.5186 1.5186	S	2	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic	4-Bolt
N/A	W4B 025[3]	722.1	25 kg⋅m (181 lb⋅ft)	1972 – 1983	Longitudinal	3.9833 1.0000	4 3.9833	1.5852 1.9958	S	3	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic	4-Bolt
N/A	W4A 018[j]	720.1	18 kg⋅m (130 lb⋅ft)	1975 – 1990	Longitudinal	4.0060 1.0000	4 4.0060	1.5882 2.0015	S	3	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic
N/A	W4B 035[k]	TBD	35 kg⋅m (253 lb⋅ft)	1975 –	Longitudinal	4.1758 1.0000	4 4.1758	1.6103 2.0435	S	3	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic
4G-Tronic [l]	W4A 040[8]	722.3	40 kg⋅m (289 lb⋅ft)	1979 – 1988	Longitudinal	3.6759 1.0000	4 3.6759	1.5433 1.9173	S	3	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic	6-Bolt
4G-Tronic [l]	W4A 020[8]	722.4	20 kg⋅m (145 lb⋅ft)	1982 – 1996	Longitudinal	4.2491 1.0000	4 4.2491	1.6197 2.0613	S	3	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic	6-Bolt
4G-Tronic [l]	W4A 040 II[8]	722.3	40 kg⋅m (289 lb⋅ft)	1985 – 1996	Longitudinal	3.8707 1.0000	4 3.8707	1.5701 1.9674	S	3	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic	6-Bolt
4G-Tronic [l]	W4A 028[9]	722.3	28 kg⋅m (203 lb⋅ft)	1990 – 1996	Longitudinal	3.8707 1.0000	4 3.8707	1.5701 1.9674	S	3	3	2	Torque Converter	Hydraulic	6-Bolt
4G-Tronic [l]	W5A 030[8]	722.5	30 kg⋅m (217 lb⋅ft)	1990 – 1996	Longitudinal	3.8707 0.7500	4 5.1609	1.5072 1.7038	S	4	4	3	Torque Converter	H + E [m]	6-Bolt
5G-Tronic	W5A 280[n]	722.6 NAG1 [o]	280 N⋅m (207 lb⋅ft)	TBD	Longitudinal	3.9319 0.8305	5[p] 4.7345	1.4751 1.8070	P & S	3	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
5G-Tronic	W5A 300[q]	722.6 NAG1 [o]	300 N⋅m (221 lb⋅ft)	TBD	Longitudinal	3.9319 0.8305	5[p] 4.7345	1.4751 1.8070	P & S	3	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
5G-Tronic	W5A 330[r]	722.6 NAG1 [o]	330 N⋅m (243 lb⋅ft)	1996 – 2016	Longitudinal	3.9319 0.8305	5[p] 4.7345	1.4751 1.8070	P & S	3	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
5G-Tronic	W5A 400[s]	722.6 NAG1 [o]	400 N⋅m (295 lb⋅ft)	TBD	Longitudinal	3.5876 0.8314	5[p] 4.3152	1.4413 1.7270	P & S	3	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
5G-Tronic	W5A 580[t]	722.6 NAG1 [o]	580 N⋅m (428 lb⋅ft)	1996 – 2014	Longitudinal	3.5876 0.8314	5[p] 4.3152	1.4413 1.7270	P & S	3	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
5G-Tronic	W5A 900[u]	722.6 NAG1 [o]	900 N⋅m (664 lb⋅ft)	1996 – 2014	Longitudinal	3.5876 0.8314	5[p] 4.3152	1.4413 1.7270	P & S	3	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
5G-Tronic	W5A 330[v]	722.6 NAG1 [o]	330 N⋅m (243 lb⋅ft)	2004 – 2018	Longitudinal	3.9510 0.8331	5[p] 4.7425	1.4757 1.8143	P & S	3	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
5G-Tronic	W5A 580[w]	722.6 NAG1 [o]	580 N⋅m (428 lb⋅ft)	2004 – 2018	Longitudinal	3.5951 0.8309	5[p] 4.3266	1.4422 1.7284	P & S	3	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
5G-Tronic AMT	W5A 180	722.7	180 N⋅m (133 lb⋅ft)	1997 – 2020	Transverse	3.625 0.721	5 5.028	1.497 1.617	S	5[x]	0	6	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
7G-Tronic [12][13][14]	W7A 700	722.9 NAG2 [y]	700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft) [z]	2003 – 2020	Longitudinal	4.3772 0.7276	7[p] 6.0162	1.3486 1.7846	P & S	4	4	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
Auto- tronic [15]	Temic VGS	722.8	300 N⋅m (221 lb⋅ft)	2004 – 2012	Transverse	2.72 0.42	∞ (CVT) 6.476	1.000 (CVT) 1.069	S	1	—	—	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
AMG SpeedShift DCT	TBD	700.4 [aa]	800 N⋅m (590 lb⋅ft)	2009 –	Longitudinal Transaxle	3.67 0.72	7 5.097	1.312 1.626	S	7[x]	0	7	Dual- Clutch	Electronic
7G-DCT [17]	TBD	724.0	350 N⋅m (258 lb⋅ft)	2011 –	Transverse	3.857 0.48	7 8.035	1.415 1.361	S	7[x]	0	7	Dual- Clutch	Electronic
9G-Tronic [18]	W9A 700	725.0 NAG3 [ab]	700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft) [z]	2013 – 2016	Longitudinal	5.5032 0.6015	9 9.1495	1.3188 1.8194	P & S	4	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
9G-Tronic [18]	W9A 700	725.0 NAG3 [ab]	700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft) [z]	2016 – Present	Longitudinal	5.3545 0.6015	9 8.9022	1.3143 1.7946	P & S	4	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
8G-DCT [19]	TBD	724.1	520 N⋅m (384 lb⋅ft)	2019 –	Transverse	4.257 0.48	8 8.869	1.366 1.429	S	8[x]	0	8	Dual- Clutch	Electronic
Automatic Transmissions With Components For Hybrid Drive Integrated
9G-Tronic [18][20]	W9A 700	725.1 NAG3 [ab]	700 N⋅m (516 lb⋅ft) [z]	2020 – Present	Longitudinal	5.3545 0.6015	9 8.9022	1.3143 1.7946	P & S	4	3	3	Torque Converter w/ Lockup	Electronic
Differences in gear ratios have a measurable, direct impact on vehicle dynamics, performance, waste emissions as well as fuel mileage plus 1 reverse gear (unless otherwise specified) Total Ratio Span (Total Ratio Spread · Total Gear Ratio) ${\displaystyle {\tfrac {i_{1}}{i_{n}}}}$ A wider span enables the downspeeding when driving outside the city limits increase the climbing ability when driving over mountain passes or off-road or when towing a trailer Average Gear Step ${\displaystyle ({\tfrac {i_{1}}{i_{n}}})^{\tfrac {1}{n-1}}}$ With decreasing step width the gears connect better to each other shifting comfort increases Ratio Span's Center ${\displaystyle (i_{1}i_{n})^{\tfrac {1}{2}}}$ The center indicates the speed level of the transmission Together with the final drive ratio it gives the shaft speed level of the vehicle P: parallel: using the two degrees of freedom of planetary gearsets to increase the number of gears · S: serial Epicyclic gearing (unless otherwise specified) for the 6.3 L V8-engine M100 of the 600 and 300 SEL 6.3 for the 6.8 L V8-engine M100 of the 450 SEL 6.9[4] for light duty trucks up to 5,600 kg (12,350 lb)[5][6] for medium duty trucks up to 11,000 kg (24,250 lb)[6][7] unofficial name given to the transmission by car enthusiasts Reverse gear and gears 1 – 4: Hydraulic · Gear 5 (Overdrive): Electronic[8] for Vans: Vito · Sprinter · Vario[10][11] First New Automatic Gearbox Generation introducing the all new combined parallel and serial power flow plus 2 reverse gears for SUV with 6 cylinder engines[10][11] for passenger cars with 4, 5 and 6 cylinder engines[10][11] for SUV with 8 cylinder engines[10][11] for passenger cars with 8 and 12 cylinder engines and later for the 6 cylinder turbocharged diesel direct injection engines[10][11] for cars with 8 and 12 cylinder turbocharged engines[10][11] for cars from Chrysler with 6 cylinder engines[10][11] for cars from Chrysler with 8 cylinder engines[10][11] helical gear Second New Automatic Gearbox Generation with parallel and serial power flow different variants with an input capacity up to 1,000 N⋅m (738 lb⋅ft) this robotic gearbox is only a modification of the Italian Getrag 7DCL 750 gearbox[16] Third New Automatic Gearbox Generation with parallel and serial power flow