Jatco
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Jatco (ジヤトコ株式会社, "Japanese Automatic Transmission Company") is a subsidiary of Nissan Motor Company which manufactures automatic transmissions for automobiles. Originally, Mazda was also a partner.
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The modern Jatco was formed in October 1999 after Nissan spun their AT/CVT (automatic transmission/continuously variable transmission) production into a company called TransTechnology, Ltd. The combined company settled on JATCO Ltd. in April, 2002. Mitsubishi Motors followed Nissan's lead, spinning off Diamondmatic in April 2002, only to have this acquired by Jatco and integrated one year later.
Nissan, and thus Jatco, had long been supplying Nissan Motor Company, Mazda, Subaru, Isuzu, Suzuki, BMW, Volkswagen, and Land Rover. However, once it was independent, Jatco quickly began supplying other automakers:
- December 1999 — Hyundai Motor Company
- January 2001 — Jaguar Cars
- December 2001 — London Taxis International
- January 2002 — Ford Europe
- April 2002 — Renault Samsung Motors
- April 2002 — Ford Lio Ho
- April 2004 — Changan Ford
- December 2005 — DaimlerChrysler
Today, products from nearly every auto maker have used Jatco transmissions, with the notable exceptions of Honda Motor Company, who makes their own transmissions, and Toyota Motor Company, who has always used transmissions made by Aisin, a subsidiary of Toyota.
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