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I know most motorcycles use wet clucthes and the engine and transmission do share the same oil. I don't know much, but I do not know of any "regular" automobile that does not use a dry clutch with the ordinary features of flywheel, pressure plate, clutch disc and throw-out bearing for a standard manual transmission, which means engine and tranny have separate oil compartments.
7.3L Powerstroke ('96) diesel. Which, amazingly, gets around 18mpg. Not too bad for a Supercab 4x4 w/8' bed (like trying to park a school bus when I was having to drive it to work). Coming up on 300k on the odo., and purrs like a kitten...Okay, maybe not a kitten because it's loud as hell when it's cold. But it does run good.
Ah, the perpetual oil change...
I abuse the policy, they know it and have commented on it, but I've told them that there's no reason for me to pay for expensive engine repairs when they'll just replace the oil for free, and because it's the policy without anything they have been able to use to wiggle out of it, they have kept doing it for years.
Reminds me of a 1959 Renault Dauphine I once had, briefly. Kept a gallon of recycled motor oil behind the seat......didn't have many mosquito problems...