Its wet -
clutch system uses both a mechanical and electric oil pump, and the lowest viscosity oil of any manufacturer to cool the clutch, the electric pump supplementing the mechanical system only when the clutch is under load.
The wet multi-plate
clutch system uses hydraulic pressure to actuate the clutches and provide for gear selection.
Not exact matches
You'll discover how to build differential gears, implement steering and suspension, and design
clutch and transmission
systems to
use in your own vehicles.
Power is transferred to a new fully - electronic four - wheel - drive
system via a new seven - speed dual -
clutch automatic transmission, and performance can be adjusted
using one of three selectable driving modes.
Like the Honda, the Escape's AWD
system uses a computer - controlled
clutch that predicts wheel spin before it happens, so even with all its prodigious power, the Escape won't squeal a tire on dry pavement.
The all - wheel - drive
system uses twin electronically controlled
clutch packs on each side of the rear drive unit to manage the front - rear split as well as side - to - side torque vectoring on the rear axle.
The latest version of Porsche's PTM
system uses an electromechanical
clutch to distribute torque when required to the front axle, with a claimed maximum response time of only 100 milliseconds, continuously informed by a variety of sensors.
The new all - wheel - drive unit
uses an electronically controlled twin -
clutch system fitted to the rear axle, which can divert up to 70 percent of available torque to the rear wheels.
In fact, it's the same
system used in the Ford Focus RS - a conventional rear differential is replaced by a pair of
clutches that can meter out power to each rear wheel individually, controlled electronically depending on cornering and traction requirements.
The Torsen
system is different to the
clutch - based set - up in the Cayenne Turbo but similar to those
used in the Audi Q7 and Bentley Bentayga.
It makes
use of an electronic, multiplate
clutch to shift torque between the front to rear axles as necessary, and BMW's Performance Control
system directs power to the outside rear wheel during cornering.
This
system is relatively simple for a driver to control manually
using a
clutch pedal and a shift lever.
In order to handle figures higher than virtually every hot hatchback on sale today, the RN30
uses an all - wheel drive
system, while a wet dual -
clutch transmission rations power.
The all - wheel - drive
system uses electronically controlled
clutches in the rear differential to send up to 50 percent of the torque to the rear wheels.
A mechanical torque vectoring
system uses two
clutches at the rear axle to overdrive the outside wheel, with additional brake vectoring at all four wheels.
The
system can send up to 50 % of torque to the rear wheels and send it to the left or right rear wheel as necessary — or effectively disconnect the rear wheels entirely
using ratchet - type dog
clutches on the front and rear shafts when all - wheel drive functionality isn't needed, improving fuel economy in the process.
In the PDK car, launch control makes it laughably easy, the
system permitting zero wheelspin but
using a fraction of
clutch - slip to prevent the 3.4 - litre flat - six bogging down.
Like all A6s it sends power to all four wheels, though unlike the 40 TDI and 55 TFSI, it
uses an eight - speed Tiptronic torque converter automatic, and unlike the 55 TFSI, its quattro
system uses a self - locking centre differential, rather than a multi-plate decoupling
clutch.
The Resonance
uses what Nissan calls a «one - motor, two -
clutch» hybrid
system that mates the 2.5 - liter I - 4 from the Altima to an electric motor and Nissan's newest Xtronic continuously variable transmission.
Basically this
system in Ferrari works as follows: front gearbox chooses one of two speeds and then
clutch slippage is
used to give front wheels speed matching to rears.
Powered by a choice of two 2.0 diesel engines or the most powerful 1.8 t petrol, the Scout's four - wheel drive
system makes
use of Haldex - 5 electronically - controlled multi-plate
clutch technology, to increase traction by 25 per cent compared with the standard front driven Octavia.
The Aero's all - wheel - drive
system also helps in this environment; this is Saab's so - called Cross Wheel Drive
system, which
uses a Haldex
clutch to apportion torque front - to - rear and also features a torque - vectoring rear differential to mitigate understeer.
The TT RS, like other all - wheel drive cars on VW's MQB platform, employs a Haldex
system that
uses a
clutch pack to engage the rear axle whenever the car decides it needs torque at both axles.
The driver can
use a drive - mode dial on the center console to select «FWD» for best fuel economy; with «4WD Auto» mode selected, the
system uses a rear - mounted electronically controlled transfer
clutch to automatically and seamlessly route more power to the rear wheels, depending on driving and road surface conditions.
[23] Some older (early 1960s) VW's sold in Europe had a «Saxomat»
system which
used a centrifigal
clutch coupled to a standard 4 - speed transmission.
It
uses a parallel hybrid
system in which both the engine and motor feed off an eight - speed PDK dual -
clutch automatic transmission.
While manual transmissions make
use of the
clutch to change gears, automatic transmissions rely on a complicated hydraulic
system for shifting, and the transmission solenoid is especially important for this process.
The Golf GTE
uses a six - speed DSG gearbox with a triple -
clutch system specially developed for hybrid vehicles.
The Citroën DS, introduced in 1955,
used a hydraulic
system to select gears and operate the conventional
clutch using hydraulic servos.
The car
uses the 7 - speed S tronic dual
clutch transmission and powers all four wheels via Audi's Quattro four wheel drive
system.
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Usually this ability is provided with a differential known as a viscous coupling or multi-plate
clutch, although more recently a similar outcome has been achieved by
using electronically - controlled hydraulic or electro - magnetic «
clutch»
systems.
Porsche's Traction Management
system uses an electro - hydraulic, multiplate
clutch to engage the front axle depending on need.
It comes with Bilstein DampTronic driver - adjustable damper
system, a 6 - speed dual -
clutch gearbox, a pair of large - diameter turbochargers
used in GT3 competition racing, and more performance add - ons than you didn't know you needed.
Similar «automated manual» transmissions on the market
use «wet»
clutches bathed in oil, but Ford's PowerShift transmission
clutches lack the oil pumps and other components of a «wet»
clutch system and instead operate «dry.»
All - wheel drive in the High Country
uses a dual -
clutch system for enhanced traction, while the rest of the lineup
uses a single -
clutch system.
Unlike the brake - based
systems, it
uses clutches to send more power to the outside wheel through a corner.
The AWD operates via a rear drive module / secondary axle torque transfer device
using electro - magnetic actuated primary and secondary
clutches, while the
system grabs outside slipping wheels for side - to - side torque distribution.
# 7 G.A. Ford has been losing some of that quality rating they earned due to the info - tainment
system they
use and the double
clutch transmission in the Fiesta and Focus.
All power goes through a six - speed dual
clutch automatic transmission which has quick response times - and more importantly is far nicer to
use than the Toyota Prius Plug - In's CVT
system.
The multi-plate
clutch controlled four - wheel - drive
system of the old 911 Turbo S has also been reworked with electro - hydraulic actuation replacing the exclusively hydraulic operation
used up until now.
Power is sent to all four wheels
using the Quattro All Wheel Drive
system via the 7 - speed S Tronic dual -
clutch automatic transmission.
Both fours
use seven - speed S tronic dual -
clutch gearboxes and the fuel - saving quattro ultra all - wheel drive
system that only connects the prop shaft when required.
The Nissan GT - R
uses BorgWarner components, including the dual -
clutch module,
clutch - control, shift - actuation
systems, and synchronizer assemblies.
Testing on a snow - covered racetrack skidpad showed Buick's twin -
clutch system got around the course with more poise than a decade - old design
used by Acura.
And to lavish such additional riches on the former while leaving the latter
clutching at straws — it has the torque vectoring
system first
used on the GT3 - R now fully integrated with the traction and stability control
systems — serves only to accentuate the disparity between the two.
The multi-plate
clutch at the heart of the Golf R's Haldex 5 all - wheel drive
system is familiar enough,
using an electro - hydraulic oil pump to engage and send almost 100 percent of available torque to the rear axle when a control unit deems it necessary.
Ikona Gear International, a developer of compact, lightweight, gearing
systems, announced it has developed a frictionless continuously variable transmission
clutch (CVT
Clutch) initially for
use in the automotive industry.
For transmitting power it
uses the seven - speed dual -
clutch gearbox and power is directed to all four wheels via an AWD
system.
Called the Nano F - Tronic, an electro - hydraulic mechanism that
uses electronic control unit and a hydraulic
system to supervise
clutch usage and gear shifting, allows the driver to shift gears without a
clutch.