Engineer's lecture: Design & Development of DB9 Powertrain

[Zuman]

I'd never seen this before, but I think it's really cool and does a great job of relating how Aston Martin engineers translated the design brief for the DB9 into reality.
"The design and development of the Aston Martin DB9 powertrain - 93rd Thomas Hawksley Memorial Lecture"
Follow this link, then click the "Full Article" link at the bottom to download the PDF: http://www.imeche.org/knowledge/library/presidents...

[Jon39]

Thank you for that find Zuman.

A very detailed and interesting history.
Gems such as this, sometimes seem to remain hidden on the www.

[Ken Figenus]

Thanks for sharing.

"Additional high speed vehicle testing was performed to validate the transaxle assembly which consisted of
10,000 km at maximum engine speed in both 5 th and 6th gear. This 13 day test was performed at the Nardo
facility in Italy and involved re-fuelling and driver changes every 45 minutes during which 987 gallons of
fuel were consumed. The end result was a 6-speed automatic transaxle assembly that was proven to be durable for 150,000 miles that could meet all of the targets specified"

Nicely geeked