Sentences with phrase «shifted dual clutch boxes»

Has owned everything from 4 cylinder turbos, supercharged 4 cylinders, 5 pot turbos, flat sixes, V8s, supercharged V8s, V10s, and V12s, five speeds, six speeds, sequentials, paddle shifted dual clutch boxes, automatics.

Not exact matches

Its converter lock - up clutch bites without delay and Alfa is supremely confident in its overall operation, although we suspect a dual - clutch box would shift gears even faster and with more pick - up verve.

Flat out, though, it is satisfyingly delicious as you work the seven - speed Getrag dual - clutch» box, cracking off 70 - millisecond gear changes as the steering wheel - embedded shift lights illuminate.

Though the multitude of gears and the lack of a secondary clutch makes for slightly clunky operation and noticeable shifts, especially when it jumps across gears, you won't find yourself wishing for a dual - clutch box.

Paddle shifts aren't dual - clutch quick but they're quick for a slush - box.

There's no shortage of urge from the V8, the twin - turbo unit fast to respond, assisted by the snappy, sweet - shifting dual - clutch» box.

The transmission is AMG's clever seven - speed automatic, but with a clutch pack in place of a traditional torque converter, which allows it to be calibrated to act much like a dual clutch box with both smooth and rapid shifts.

The engine is rendered a more fluidic working with the benefit of a 7 - speed automatic dual clutch transmission gear box with paddle shifts.

The manual «box is paired with a 365hp 3.0 - liter inline - 6 driving only the rear wheels, though buyers can opt for a self - shifting 7 - speed M - DCT dual - clutch automatic.

The dual - clutch transmission approaches a conventional torque converter «box's smoothness, distinguished only by a barely perceptible lurch as it shifts down through a coast - down stop.

Okay, so the ones among you who have sampled both the Volkswagen's dual clutch auto «box on the Polo and the Figo's PowerShift, you'd know that the Polo does a finer, more seamless and a more predictable job of shifting and reacting to throttle responses.

Being a true dual - clutch box it does have an advantage, and that's in the pseudo-manual shifting department.

Although we'd prefer some version of a dual - clutch box over the automatic, the six - speed transmission, largely a carryover unit from the regular X6, does bang out the shifts in quick fashion, either left in full auto mode or when accessed via a pair of big paddles mounted behind the steering wheel.

Beginning in Sport mode, the dual - clutch «box shifts so quickly that not a kiloWatt is wasted in the pursuit of lap times.

It's a six - speed dual - clutch automatic that shifts more like a manual box, but without the driver having to engage a clutch pedal.