Cars from the 90s with 4 speed gearboxes.

Kaiser D

Today I drove a 93 VW Golf "Ryder" and it had a 4 speed gearbox. I thought it was a bit "new" for a 4 speed box. I couldn't think of anything newer that had a 4 speed box.

Are there any newer than 93 with a 4 speed box?

Mister Jingles

Not past 93 but the closest I can remember would be the K10 micra which was stopped in 92 if I'm right ?

Interslice

Citreon AX had one.

Mycroft H

Kaiser D wrote: »

Today I drove a 93 VW Golf "Ryder" and it had a 4 speed gearbox. I thought it was a bit "new" for a 4 speed box. I couldn't think of anything newer that had a 4 speed box.

Are there any newer than 93 with a 4 speed box?

The late Rover Mini had a 4 speed box. That was pretty old hat by that stage though.

Kaiser D

Ah, a few Toyota Cynos' had a 4 speed box.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Citroen AX was available in 1.0 4spd as were many small Japanese import cars like starlets, Micra/March, Vivio's Altos etc etc

Cleveland Hot Pocket

K11 micras had at least some models with a 4spd

CiniO

Kaiser D wrote: »

Today I drove a 93 VW Golf "Ryder" and it had a 4 speed gearbox. I thought it was a bit "new" for a 4 speed box. I couldn't think of anything newer that had a 4 speed box.

Are there any newer than 93 with a 4 speed box?

Fiat Cinquecento 704cc had 4 speed box. It was manufactured until 1998.

the dark phantom

Peugeot junior

bazz26

Some of the Opel Corsa Bs had a 4 speed box afaik.

Truckermal

The Starlet had one too savage car!!!!!

JohnBoy26

Peugeot 106 had a 4 speed box well into the mid 90's.

Johnny K

First car was a 1990 fiat uno. 4 speed box, not the most stylish of cars!

jayok

4 speed manuals were rare by then, but 4 speed autos were still doing the rounds. I know the 2003 CRV was a 4-speed auto

MortGoldman

FTO had 4 speed auto til 95 IIRC.

Cleveland Hot Pocket

My '98 GMC is a 3 speed auto with overdrive :pac:

colm_mcm

I'd say the OP means manual cars...

Cleveland Hot Pocket

colm_mcm wrote: »

I'd say the OP means manual cars...

Ah yes, I was responding to the 4speed auto comment posted towards the end of page 1

punisher5112

Corsa or the boy racer model NOVA :eek:

MarkR

Wife had a 94 Toyota Corsa. AKA Corolla II and Windy IIRC.



Was a great car. Aircon, electric windows, 4 speed gearbox. Great starter car.

Kaiser D

Lol, I remember someone in work phoning me up talking about a Toyota Corsa and I sat there thinking to myself this person clearly knows nothing about cars, no such car exists.

It was rather embarrassing when I saw the car.

colm_mcm

Kaiser D wrote: »

It was rather embarrassing when I saw the car.

It was embarrassing for them too

pablo128

I worked in Holland in 1995, and the boss there had a '94 Merc diesel, 190D I think. He was giving me a lift somewhere, and I noticed it had a 4 speed manual 'box. I clearly remember thinking at the time, "you tight b@stard!"

Gael23

The Nissan Micra had a 4 speed CVT Auto until not very many years ago.

CiniO

ryanf1 wrote: »

The Nissan Micra had a 4 speed CVT Auto until not very many years ago.

How does 4 speed CVT work?

colm_mcm

CiniO wrote: »

How does 4 speed CVT work?

Maybe its got stepped preset ratios, primera had a 7 speed cvt.
The mk2 punto speedgear had 6 preset ratios on the ELX and 7 on the Sporting.

corktina

I can never see the point of 5 speed boxes...it's the ratios that are important and yet some people seem to think their car is faster as it has 5 speeds. (mine has 6 and the I'm pretty much always at the speed limit in 4th, with a pointless two shift ups to come....

Joe 90

corktina wrote: »

I can never see the point of 5 speed boxes...it's the ratios that are important and yet some people seem to think their car is faster as it has 5 speeds. (mine has 6 and the I'm pretty much always at the speed limit in 4th, with a pointless two shift ups to come....

Thats a point. I'm past th UK motorway limit in second so why do I need the rest of the gears?:-)

djimi

corktina wrote: »

I can never see the point of 5 speed boxes...it's the ratios that are important and yet some people seem to think their car is faster as it has 5 speeds. (mine has 6 and the I'm pretty much always at the speed limit in 4th, with a pointless two shift ups to come....

Correct me if Im wrong, but the point of the extra gears is economy, not speed is it not? As in, if youre doing the speed limit in 4th gear then you could be doing the same speed in 5th, only with lower revs.

Guy:Incognito

Mines an auto, but the point of 5th is very much economy. It's the difference between Cork and back last weekend on a tank of fuel or having to fill up again :-)

Bigcheeze

I owned a ford falcon in Australia with a 3.9L straight 6, married to a 3 speed auto. Pretty bad to drive.

Guy:Incognito

Bigcheeze wrote: »

I owned a ford falcon in Australia with a 3.9L straight 6, married to a 3 speed auto. Pretty bad to drive.

I'd have thought the less gears you can get away with in something like that the better? It's going to be fairly low revving, no?

I was doing just over 3k revs at 100mph in 5th. If that yoke was doing similar in 3rd then happy days.

Bigcheeze

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I was doing just over 3k revs at 100mph in 5th. If that yoke was doing similar in 3rd then happy days.

By the time I owned it, wasn't much hope of getting 100mph out of it. It was grand cruising around 60. Got me through the outback without breaking down although I couldn't run the AC or the temp dial would start to climb. Refueled it 3 times in one day driving >1000km in the Northern territory.

Greenmachine

Never owned a 4 speed guess I am not old enough. Every car I have owned has been a 5 speed. Alot of motorcycles are in fact 6 speed. One of the little 125's I have owned had no usable power in 6th. A shift to sixth resulted in a drop in rev and and no more pull.