[Piotrsko]

12 speed? Thats a 4 speed with a 3 ratio brownie behind it. Not all that efficient unless you spend a bunch of time figuring out gearing so that the shift drop puts you into the beginning of the torque curve of that particular engine. Gonna need at least three engine specific transmissions in America.

In Poland, rode a russian made bus that had an 8 forward geared auto. Up to their freeway speeds, all it did was hunt the gears until the bus went steady state on that freeway. 1200rpm climb to 1600, shift, repeat at least 5 more times in the first mile, you're now at 35-40 mph, hard to read the speedo from the first right side seat. 1200 is a bit high for max torque, 1600 is a bit low for max hp. Driver tromps the go pedal, downshifts twice, but not that often because like all pro drivers, the go.pedal has 2conditions: full on, full off. Nicest thing about that russian trans was it didn't shift when you got off the throttle, either up or down.