15.03.2012, 16:58
Сообщение от
Sandmann 
да, я знал, что автомат на Западе давно появился, просто думал примерно в 70х, не придавал значения уточнению этого вопроса. А оказывается раньше! Классно! Молодцы.
Угу. The first automatic transmissions were developed by General Motors during the 1930s and introduced in the 1940 Oldsmobile as the "Hydra-Matic" transmission. They were incorporated into GM-built tanks during WW-II and, after the war, GM marketed them as being "battle-tested."
Most cars sold in North America since the 1950s have been available with an automatic transmission