Cheap(er) gasoline yep, it is a reality and the lower cost is certainly comforting after crude oil prices sat at record highs for many years. New sources for American oil, which exploration began ...

Approaching four decades ago, automakers were scrambling for solutions to fuel economy woes, and GM was no exception. Computer-controlled carburetors and the birth of electronic throttle body fuel ...

That lineage explains why the 4L60E is often described as the “light-duty” option while the 4L80E is treated as the “big block” of GM overdrive automatics, a distinction reinforced in detailed ...

There was a time in the not so distant past that if you said "it's an automatic" the competition began to salivate at picking on the wimpy kid in the schoolyard. Those days are long behind us as ...

With their debut in the 1990s, GM's 4L60E and 4L80E transmissions reveal some of their differences –- and similarities –- right in their names. The "4" and "L" respectively refer to the number of ...