The Hydramatic, with its busy and bumpy shifting, doesn't really feel like a at all, but more like the sequential auto-shifters today. The dumber ones, that is, like the Smart. Well, there's a lot going on down there, especially in the 2-3 shift, ... And the whole industry followed its lead; the 88 is the prototype of the quintessential American car: a responsive and torquey V8, automatic transmission, and room for…eleven skinny and car-starved Austrians. ...
