Change-speed transmission for a motor vehicle

A six-speed change-speed transmission for a motor vehicle, comprising multi-partite transmission housing means, a central shaft doubly supported in the transmission housing means and driving a first group of transmission speeds, a shorter hollow shaft supported on the central shaft and driving a second group of transmission speeds, the central shaft and the hollow shaft being operable to be alternately driven, each transmission speed being formed of a fixed gear and of a loose gear and consisting of a gear arranged on one of the hollow shaft and central shaft and a gear meshing therewith arranged on an output shaft substantially parallel to the central shaft, an axle drive operatively connected to an end of the output shaft, the first group of transmission speeds being arranged on one side of an intermediate plate means and the second group of transmission speeds being arranged on the other side of the intermediate plate means, said intermediate plate means containing a bearing of one of the central shaft and the hollow shaft and a bearing of the output shaft, wherein the intermediate plate means is arranged within the area of and substantially parallel to a plane separating parts of said multi-partite transmission housing means,

• wherein the loose gears of the second, fourth, first and reverse speed are supported on the output shaft, the loose gear of the sixth speed on the hollow shaft, the loose gears of the third and fifth speed on the central shaft and wherein all loose gears are operable to be connected with their associated shafts by synchronizing clutch means.