TOKYO -- Nissan is sharpening its oversight of affiliated transmission supplier Jatco Ltd. in the wake of quality and customer satisfaction problems that have pinched the automaker's profits.

Jatco, the Japanese manufacturer of automatic and continuously variable (CVT) transmissions for medium-sized and large vehicles, plans almost to triple production at its plant in Aguascalientes, ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this story erroneously reported that a successor for the CVT2 would could arrive soon, when in fact its successor, the CVT8, debuted last year. The CVT2 has been ...

Jatco, a speciality manufacturer of automatic transmissions (ATs, CVTs), has announced that Jatco (Suzhou) Automatic Transmission would be established as its second CVT production plant in China, in ...

Nissan and JATCO today revealed their next-generation CVT (Continuously Variable Transmission) which is said to be lighter and provide better results than its predecessors. The new CVT combines ...

NEEDHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC) today announced that JATCO, a Nissan subsidiary and global supplier of Automatic Transmissions and Continuously Variable Transmissions (AT/CVT), has ...

Nissan isn't the most popular Japanese car brand, but it's still no slouch. Here's what Consumer Reports has to say about Nissan dependability.

Fuji-headquartered Japan Automatic Transmission Company (JATCO), a subsidiary of Nissan, has opened a new manufacturing plant in Sunderland, UK following a £49m ($59m) investment. JATCO produces ...

DETROIT --Prices of the 2006 Buick Lucerne, a new full-sized sedan, leapfrog the LeSabre, which the Lucerne replaces in the Buick lineup. Four Lucerne models are offered, with stickers ranging from ...

Welcome to the final installment of Trans Wars, a three-part miniseries exploring the automatic transmission. So far we’ve compared torque-converter and dual-clutch units, but these two gearboxes aren ...