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European Auto Group, the automotive tuning company from San Antonio, Texas, has already amazed the automotive world with its unique transmission swap projects (such as 2020 Toyota Supra and Ferrari 430 Scuderia). Art Bartosik, the head of EAG, has recently announced that his team plans to embark on the manual swap for the Mercedes-AMG GT.
The manual 2020 Toyota Supra is finally here , as the EAG team has managed to integrate a 6-speed manual transmission in the Supra design. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at all stages of the transmission swap process with the help of videos from EAG’s youtube channel.
Go4trans.com has already highlighted some basic information on the 2020 Supra transmission swap project performed by EAG in one of our previous articles. This time we want to delve into the technical side of the project with the help of numerous videos provided by EAG and learn more about the company itself.
While
most of car manufacturers gradually drop manual models from their line-ups,
some companies find a great source of income in swapping automatic-only models
in manuals. Thus, the team of bright-minded and enthusiastic engineers from “B
is for Build” came up with the idea to convert a Lamborghini Huracan into a
classic manually-shifted sports car.
Despite numerous internet appeals to Toyota to include a manual transmission option for the new Toyota Supra, it seems that the Japanese automaker plans to stick only with the 8-speed automatic solution from ZF. So far, it is unclear whether Toyota will decide to add a gear stick in the future, but fans of manual Supras are excited to know that the American company European Auto Group (EAG) is ready to take up this challenging task.
The Ferrari 458 Italia was released unveiled at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor. It gained recognition as one of the most performance-oriented sports cars. In the view of many Ferrari fans, the only thing missing in the Ferrari 458 design turns out to be the lack of a manual variant.
The Ferrari 430 Scuderia is a dream come true for any speed fans all over the world. However, in the view of driving aesthetes, the only thing that has been missing for a long time in the design of this supercar is the manual option.