6-speed automatic transmission (FWD)

With all the smooth-shifting elegance you'd expect in a family vehicle, the 6-speed automatic transmission offers fuel efficiency that will keep more dollars in your wallet. Mated to the big, muscular V6 engine, it requires FWD models and offers:

• Enviable fuel efficiency (EPA-estimated 17 MPG city and 24 MPG highway), with front-wheel drive and low-revving overdrive
• Precise shifting, thanks to electronically controlled stabilization
• All the fun and hands-on control of a manual transmission, thanks to TAPshift^®, which lets you work through the gears manually, without a clutch, simply by pressing a button on the shifter
• Automatic engine grade braking, which uses the powertrain to slow Traverse downhill, helping prevent brake overheating and premature brake wear