If you haven’t accepted the automotive computer yet, you’d better re-think your attitudes and do it fast. Engineers and car designers like them so much that no end is in sight for on-board computerization.

We all know how computers have been controlling fuel and spark under the hood for quite some time. The computer lets engineers collect and sort lots of information. Since the computer can also make value judgements by comparing this info to tables stored in memory, it can be used to control not only fuel systems, but in this case a transmission. The transmission can now respond to a wider range of driving needs and conditions.