A vehicle automatic transmission for achieving multiple speeds comprising: an input shaft, a speed reduction planetary gear that reduces speed of an input rotation of the input shaft and outputs the reduced speed rotation; at least two speed reduction transmitting clutches (C-1, C-3) that are capable of transmitting the reduced speed rotation that passes through said speed reduction planetary gear; a planetary gear set having at least two rotation elements (S2, S3) wherein each can transmit the reduced speed rotation transmitted by the speed reduction transmitting clutches (C-1, C-3); and an input transmitting clutch (C-4) that is capable of transmitting the input rotation into one of said at least two rotation elements (S2, S3); wherein a hydraulic servo of said input transmitting clutch (C-4) is disposed between the planetary gear set and said speed reduction planetary gear in an axial direction; and wherein at least one hydraulic servo (20, 40) of said speed reduction transmitting clutches (C-1, C-3) is disposed on an opposite side of the hydraulic servo of said input transmitting clutch (C-4) in the axial direction than said planetary gear set; and wherein said input shaft and at least one of said rotation elements (S2, S3) are linked via said input transmitting clutch (C-4), and forms an outer circumferential side linking path (140, 52) that passes through an outer circumferential side of at least one of said two speed reduction transmitting clutches (C-1,C-3); and wherein at least one of said two speed reduction transmitting clutches (C-1, C-3) and at least one of the two rotation elements (S2, S3) of said planetary gear set are linked via an inner circumferential side linking path (101, 102) which passes through the inner circumferential side of said input transmitting clutch (C-4); and wherein said two speed reduction transmitting clutches (C-1, C-3) are a first clutch (C-1) and a third clutch (C-3); and wherein said input transmitting clutch (C-4) is a fourth clutch (C-4); and wherein said planetary gear set has a first rotation element and a second rotation element and a third rotation element and a fourth rotation element which are four rotation elements (S2, S3, CR2, R3) including said two rotation elements (S2, S3); and wherein said first rotation element is capable of transmitting said input rotation from said fourth clutch (C-4), and said reduced speed rotation is capable of being transmitted from said third clutch (C-3), and the rotation thereof is capable of being fixed by a first retaining means (B-1); and wherein said second rotation element is capable of transmitting said reduced speed rotation from said first clutch (C-1); and wherein said third rotation element is capable of transmitting said input rotation from a second clutch (C-2), and the rotation thereof is capable of being fixed by a second retaining means (B-2, F-1); and wherein said fourth rotation element is linked to an output member (15, 150); and wherein said first and third clutches (C-1, C-3) are disposed on the opposite side of the hydraulic servo of said fourth clutch (C-4) in the axial direction than said planetary gear set; and wherein said outer circumferential side linking path has a first linking member that links said input shaft and said fourth clutch (C-4) that passes through the outer circumferential side of said first and third clutches (C-1, C-3); and wherein said inner circumferential side linking path has a second linking member that links said third clutch (C-3) and said first rotation element.