Transmissions: Market Size & Forecast 2026

The global automotive transmissions market sits at approximately USD 173 billion in 2025 (base year), advancing on a 5.4% CAGR through 2032 toward USD 250 billion. Demand is being pulled in two opposing directions: hardware volume from the conventional passenger-car ICE parc remains replacement-driven at 1.5-2.5% growth, while electrification-related architectures (e-axles, EDUs, dedicated hybrid transmissions) compound at 11-14% off a small base. The dominant supply-side variable is the Section 232 automotive-parts tariff regime now layered onto long-standing Section 301 List 3 at 25% on China-origin content. Counterview: a 7%+ CAGR, which several syndicated trackers publish, implies value doubling inside a decade in a hardware-mature category where global light-vehicle unit output is essentially flat; we are below the headline consensus for that reason. > **Analyst Take.** Our view: th

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