a powershiftable multistage transmission between an input shaft , which can be connected to a first transmission shaft , and an output shaft as a second transmission shaft , comprising two shaft - lines which are arranged in parallel in a transmission housing , three transfer gears between these shaft - lines , three planetary gears each with a sun gear , a ring gear and a planet - carrier with single planets , and a plurality , preferably five , shifting elements . with only five shifting elements eight forward gears and one reverse gear can be switched . the six gear elements have ratios which can be designed easily even if the total ratio range is somewhere between 7 & lt ; φ ges & lt ; 9 . due to the distribution of the gear elements on two shaft - lines , the transmission gearbox has a short length and is suitable for front - cross - applications as well as inline - applications . all shifting elements can be easily fed with oil to control them . with only four shifting elements the transmission still has five well stepped forward gears and one reverse gear . the gear - trains 47 and 58 are very suitable gear elements to link to an electric motor to obtain an advantageous hybrid driveline .