Beyond the smoothed-out ride, Porsche has made shifting (both clutch movement and toggling through the six-speed gearbox) easy, and low-speed steering effort is also minimal.
Finally, smacking down all comers is the BMW's excellent five-speed gearbox.
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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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.
Its petrol engine, a V8, is connected to the rear wheels via a seven-speed automated gearbox.
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Ferrari's experimental 599 has the car's V12 engine coupled to a seven-speed automated gearbox which also contains an electric motor.
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The short-throw six-speed manual gearbox continues to be a gear-rower's delight, though the clutch pedal throw could be a bit heavier.
The Electric Defender test vehicles swap the 2.2-liter, four-cylinder diesel engine and six-speed manual gearbox of the regular Defender 110 for a 70-kilowatt electric motor that puts out the equivalent of 94 horsepower and 243 foot-pounds of torque.
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Beneath its carbon fiber skin the 6.5-litre V12 engine and seven-speed single-clutch gearbox get the car to 60 miles per hour in a flat three seconds.
Power will be transferred to the rear wheels via Porsche's compact, seven-speed Porsche-Doppelkupplung (PDK) double-clutch gearbox.
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