How to Use gearbox in a Sentence

gearbox

noun

• In the twisties, just keep the tach above 7,000 rpm and enjoy the gearbox.
  — Joe Michaud, sandiegouniontribune.com, 11 May 2017
• For instance, the car’s eight-speed gearbox is all the way in the back.
  — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 17 Aug. 2023
• And, like the engine and gearbox, the carbon is all in-house.
  — Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Idle is not one of the speeds in Jackie Chan's gearbox.
  — Alex Pappademas, GQ, 4 Oct. 2017
• The Graziano gearbox is sort of in-between stick shift and a double clutch.
  — Mike Jordan, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022
• The power is sent to the rear wheels through a new eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 26 June 2020
• In the Porsche, the slick gearbox is more important than the engine.
  — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• The line’s have to be shut down so crews can replace the 35-year-old gearboxes.
  — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
• With a few laps to go, Rosenqvist was right on Dixon's gearbox.
  — Jim Ayello, Indianapolis Star, 28 July 2019
• The gearbox that was removed will be rebuilt and kept as a spare.
  — Cicero Estrella, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2019
• Mash the throttle and the F-Pace leaps off the line as the gearbox cracks off each successive shift.
  — Michael Harley, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
• The gearboxes control the cables that pull the cars along their routes.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, SFChronicle.com, 23 Sep. 2019
• Both of these send that power to all four wheels via an eight-speed gearbox.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 27 Feb. 2018
• The pedals are offset and tightly packed in the footwell, but the Tremec gearbox shifts smoothly, even when the oil is cold.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Dec. 2022
• The rear-wheel-drive coupe with the seven-speed gearbox (standard across the GTS lineup) weighs 3,192 pounds.
  — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2018
• The team says the new mill can produce in excess of 304 horses, which is sent to the rear wheels via a five-speed transaxle gearbox.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2021
• The gearbox is quicker to downshift in Drive and holds onto gears longer.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 19 Aug. 2022
• The motor drives the front wheels through a single-speed gearbox; all-wheel drive is not available.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 7 Nov. 2022
• These are jet turbines that turn a propeller at the front of the engine via a gearbox.
  — The Economist, 28 June 2019
• The engine itself has been turned 180 degrees to squeeze in the gearbox and e-motor.
  — Jeremy White, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
• Power-wise, the car is fitted with a 5.0-liter V-8 mated to a five-speed ZF gearbox.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Mar. 2021
• All of the new XC60s will be equipped with all-wheel drive and a slick eight-speed automatic gearbox.
  — Al Haas, Philly.com, 16 June 2017
• The gated gearbox is a novelty feature that takes a while to get used to.
  — Trinity Francis, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
• The manual gearbox is an endangered species at this point, outsold by EVs in the U.S. since the end of the last decade.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2023
• Our only gripe with the close-ratio gearbox is that the shift from fourth to fifth requires you to move the lever quite far to the right to find the fifth and sixth gear plane.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 18 Nov. 2020
• Some quicker and smoother shifting in the gearbox was what would have made our test drive a lot more reflective of the way the car looks.
  — Kyle Edward, Forbes, 9 May 2021
• To be a cyclecar, a vehicle had to have a gearbox and clutch.
  — Alex Goy, Ars Technica, 27 May 2024
• The rate at which the weight-transfer box moves is dictated by a five-speed gearbox that's driven off the drag's wheels.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 5 Feb. 2021
• In its base spec, the Commodore Ute was fitted with a 3.8-liter V6 and a four-speed auto or five-speed manual gearbox.
  — Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• The 2-stage drive system uses a compound planetary gearbox with a gear ratio of 40:1.
  — New Atlas, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024