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gearbox

[geer-boks] / ˈgɪərˌbɒks /


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For Piastri, it was academic in the end, a gearbox failure sending him into retirement and denying McLaren a one-two.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

Piastri had just been promoted back to second place by Antonelli's second pit stop when he lost use of his gearbox on lap 56 and pulled off after Turn Three.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

The car is virtually new, only the front suspension, engine and gearbox are the same as at the last race in Belgium a week ago.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Unlike most gas-powered motorcycles, e-motos have no clutch or gearbox.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

I've got a half drum of drain oil in the tractor shed that I've been meaning to trade in for some gearbox lube that Willy Simons said he'd let me have.

From Make Mine Homogenized by Kelly Freas

Unlike most motorcycles, e-motos do not have clutches or gearboxes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

ZF, a supplier of gearboxes and other auto parts to carmakers such as BMW and Volkswagen, said the deal will help reduce debt and allow it to focus its resources on core technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 23, 2025

She said James had built gearboxes for a business in Warrington then called Black Diamond and now called Warrington Transmissions.

From BBC Aug. 24, 2025

Cadillac, part of General Motors, has agreed with Ferrari to buy customer engines and gearboxes until its own power-unit is ready, which is not expected to be before 2028.

From BBC Dec. 10, 2024

A mezzanine upstairs — once a storage place for engines and gearboxes — runs along the western edge of the building.

From New York Times Oct. 18, 2023




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