Meanwhile, the last remaining edges have been filed off the seven-speed dual clutch transmission.
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Its power is transmitted to the road via the 7-speed dual clutch automatic transmission and 4MATIC all-wheel drive.
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The M6 with the TwinTurbo V8's mesa-flat torque curve (500 pound-feet from 1, 500-5, 750 rpm) and multiplicity of gear ratios (seven-speed dual clutch transmission, the M-DCT) adds an uncanny effortlessness to the experience.
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Sorry, it's about to get all geeky in here: The longitudinally midmounted V8 transfers power to the limited-slip e-diff through a Koenigsegg-designed seven-speed gearbox, with a twin-disc dry clutch and an 11-disc wet clutch arranged sequentially, working cooperatively, rather like a dual-clutch automated manual transmission.
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Likewise, dual-clutch transmissions behave like an automatic but deliver the fuel economy of a stick.
The 616-horsepower Spider has a 3.8-litre V8 engine and 7-speed dual-clutch transmission with rear-wheel drive.
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It has a 616hp V8 twin turbo engine that works rear-driven wheels and a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission.
The 6.3-liter, naturally aspirated V12 directs more than 500 pound-feet of torque through the seven-speed, dual-clutch rear transaxle.
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The dual-clutch transmission works via buttons in the center console that change the car from park to drive.
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The diesel can even be ordered with a six-speed manual gearbox, while the V6 is paired solely with a six-speed, dual-clutch auto-manual.
As I understand it, the DSG or "dual-clutch" transmissions on VWs, while not smooth as silk in their operation, are mechanically solid.
You may wish the manual tranny had a sixth gear or that there were steering wheel-mounted paddle shifters for the six-speed, dual-clutch automatic.
While it works well and includes a manual gear-select mode, a proper manual gearbox or a quicker-shifting dual-clutch automated manual transmission would afford livelier performance.
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The suite of available engines comprises three small and efficient four-cylinders, including a 1.4-liter, 160-hp turbocharged unit that can be paired with a dual-clutch automatic transmission.
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When you slip the stubby gear selector (an electric switch, actually), you can hear and feel satisfying mechanical clunks and shudders coming from the six-speed, dual-clutch transaxle, signaling that the fuse is lit.
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At the new technical center near Shanghai, GM and its Chinese partners are jointly developing new cars based on GM components, including such high-tech elements as electric-car batteries, dual-clutch transmissions and lightweight materials.
In 1997 a team led by Bernd Matthes, chief engineer at a BorgWarner transmission plant in Germany, came up with a concept for a dual-clutch transmission technology, which gives a fuel-efficient manual transmission the smooth feel of an automatic.
This vehicle brings together MQB elements that could underpin a future generation of SUVs, such as the front and rear suspensions, the 190-horsepower TDI Clean Diesel engine from the new EA288 family, and a six-speed DSG dual-clutch automatic transmission.
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With the car transferring power to the ground through a single-clutch mid-rear transaxle, the Vanquish doesn't cycle through gear ratios with quite as much impact as a car with a dual-clutch automatic manual transmission, the Ferrari V12, for instance, which also enjoys a 165-hp advantage.
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Regardless of whether it was a question of adding a dual-clutch system mid-lifecycle, or whether or not LCD prices had finally sunk enough to have one in even the base Mini Hardtop, the team seemed hell-bent on insisting that no major changes would come prior to the "next generation" of cars.
Here's an off-the-rack sports car with lateral adhesion in the range of 1 g, a car that hits 60 mph in 4 seconds (the 394-horsepower Carrera S with the dual-clutch PDK gearbox), a car that trips the trap lights in about 12 seconds and decelerates from 60 mph to 0 in about 100 feet.
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The Veloster a three-door (one on the left, two on the right) hatchback with a direct-injection 1.6-liter and choice of six-speed manual or dual-clutch automatic comes standard with 17-inch alloy wheels, four-wheel disc brakes, LED headlight accents, Bluetooth, XM satellite radio, a 7-inch color touch screen with a Pandora app (that syncs up to your iPhone), and more.
The GTS's star attraction is its torque-rich 4.8-liter V8, the same dry-sump, alloy-block engine as in the all-wheel-drive Panamera 4S but let off the leash a bit, with a higher redline (7, 100-rpm fuel shut-off), lumpier cam-lift logic, more aggressive transmission software (quicker, harder shifts available from the dual-clutch PDK gearbox), and additional cold-air boxes with active shutters behind lower lateral bumper intakes.
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