Q and A with Satoru Maruyamano.

Satoru Maruyamano has spent 17 of his 28 years with Toyota Motor developing transmissions. So it made sense that he would be the chief engineer for the 2007 Lexus LS460, which has the world?s first eight-speed automatic transmission. Maruyamano spoke with Automotive News Europe Reporter Mark Rechtin at the car?s press introduction in Salzburg, Austria.