15 Nov 2026
The voice of the independent garage sector

New gear

Two new gear and transmission fluids join the Comma range of lubricants, expanding coverage of the vehicle parc by more than a third and taking the range total to 18 grades.

The MVMTF 75W-90 synchronised manual transmission and transaxle fluid is a fully synthetic product suitable for more than 3.8 million vehicles including Skoda, SEAT, Audi, Ford, VW, Mazda and Jaguar, manufactured between 1986 and 2008. This represents around 15% of all cars in the UK fitted with a manual transmission.

AQ134 is a high performance, fully synthetic automatic transmission fluid developed specifically for 7-speed gearboxes in vehicles using Mercedes Benz gearbox type NAG2, number 722.9. It is suitable for more than 250,000 vehicles on the road. It is also fully retro-compatible with the MB 236.10 and MB 236.12 specifications recommended for many 5 speed Mercedes Benz models.