Why does best motoring hate the Z

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In short, NO! There were a lot of unjustified complaints from some either overzealous or just plain inexperienced/misinformed owners as it related to a few issues like rough cold-shifting or faint noise. Sort of like the threads we see about the clutch idle noise or shudder that pop up around here. We all know it's normal, but a lot of people don't. Just multiply the complaints ten fold and you get an idea of what's going on.

That's not to say there aren't legitimate problems with some... but it's along the lines of the "normal" distribution of failure. No better or no worse than the 6MT in the 370 I'd say as far as reliability goes if you were to consider the scale.

Honestly, if the transmission exhibited the exact same charactersitics as it does but it was manufactured by Tremec (the normal supplier of the Mustang transmissions) it wouldn't have been blown out of proportion like it is. The main stink is that it's a transmission built in China by a German company in a Mustang... even though the Tremecs are built in Mexico. China is the key word.

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