- For what Kornas promises will be "crisp launches and smooth acceleration," the C-Series' Performance-Biased Driveline gets a 4L60-E heavy duty, electronically-controlled 4-speed automatic with a deep 3.06:1 first gear ratio and a 0.70:1 fourth gear in conjunction with a 3.73:1 final drive ratio.For tow/haul enthusiasts, there's a tow/haul button at the end of the gearshift that delivers maximum performance under duress.
- All-wheel-drive on pickups has usually provided traction in mud or snow or severe off-road terrain, but Kornas says the C-Series uses the superior traction provided by four driving wheels to yield a completely different benefit -- "the best on-road, wet- or dry-pavement handling performance ever engineered into a full-size pickup." So there's a segment-exclusive full-time, all-wheel-drive transfer case which maintains an optimum 38/62 percent front-to-rear torque split under a wide range ofdry or wet road surfaces. "German luxury-car makers Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche have long depended on all-wheel-drive for their top performers," Kornas points out, "but this is the first introduction of such advanced technology in a full-size pickup truck." In Kornas's view, the beauty of the C-Series all-wheel-drive system is that it automatically compensates for varying traction conditions on the front and rear axle to route drive torque to those wheels with the grip capable of propelling the vehicle forward.