Sadev is a French company that designs and manufactures
transmission systems for
racing
In sport, racing is a competition of speed, in which competitors try to complete a given task in the shortest amount of time. Typically this involves traversing some distance, but it can be any other task involving speed to reach a specific go ...
and high-performance
vehicles.
Precision
machining subcontractor and motorsports enthusiast Benoît Vincendeau established Sadev in 1974. By the early 1980s the company produced its first
dog box racing transmission, securing wins in local
autocross and rallycross events. Sadev expanded its capabilities over the next decade to produce its first
sequential gearbox in 1996. The 2000s saw further growth and the implementation of
heat treating,
numerical controlled gear grinding,
electron-beam welding, and
finite element analysis techniques. Sadev supplied transmissions to
S1600 and
S2000 cars and became the official supplier to the
WRC in 2011,
WTCC in 2014, and also
Formula E
Formula E, officially the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, is a single-seater motorsport championship for electric cars. The series was conceived in 2011 in Paris by FIA president Jean Todt and Spanish businessman Alejandro Agag, w ...
.
Their transmissions serve in various other motorsports including
World Rallycross and 80% of the participants of the
Dakar Rally.
References
Automotive motorsports and performance companies
Automotive transmission makers
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