Sentences with word «slushbox»

The results are mixed, but the idea is that it behaves a lot like a hydraulically - activated manual transmission once you're moving, but gives you the advantages of slushbox torque multiplication from a dead stop.

The C63 uses the same seven - speed automatic found in every other Mercedes with fewer than twelve cylinders, except that AMG unbolts the torque converter — that's the source of the «slush» in slushbox — and installs a direct - acting clutch pack in its place.

The six - speed slushbox doesn't react promptly to manual inputs, preferring a prod from your right foot.

A lot of Japanese cars of that vintage struggled to cope with slushboxes and A / C.

With the automatic TL's slow - reacting torque converter and slushbox deep - sixed, the super-handling system is free to, well, allow the car to handle superbly.

This setup yields a ten percent improvement in both fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions compared to a conventional automatic and, as with VW's system, it is much more fun to drive than most conventional slushboxes.

The eight - speed Shiftronic automatic transmission is one of the better slushboxes on the market with smooth, but quick shift sand some pretty good intelligence about its gear selection.

Audi may continue to stick with a conventional torque - converter slushbox (8 - speed) for the RS6 with concerns the 7 - speed S tronic may not be able to handle the grunt expected.

Declaration of interest: I'm a lover of manuals and I hate slushboxes (even good ones eg aston, merc) but currently undecided about DCT, and contemplating my first (an M3).

Each shift is slurred like slushboxes of old, but the pace is definitely increasing.

This is no 1960s - era slushbox, and it's tricked out with bells and whistles ranging from carbon - fiber shift paddles to throttle blips on downshifts.

The duo now offers the PDK dual clutch transmission replacing the outgoing Tiptronic S slushbox, and the Boxster S and Cayman S now has direct fuel injection on its 3.4 litre engines.

Previous reports suggested that Chevrolet was considering an eight - speed automatic for the car, but that development for a more heavily geared slushbox wouldn't line up with the planned launch.

The shifts aren't lighting quick like the PDK you'll find in a Porsche, but they're fast enough to get it out of slushbox territory.

This transmission is not a torque - converter automatic slushbox — in most respects, it's a real manual transmission.

In manual mode, the transmission shifted quite nicely, rev - matched well and felt mechanically connected in a way a regular slushbox can never match.

Allison Transmission, a leader in commercial - duty slushboxes, has been supplying transmissions for GM trucks since the 1950s.

The transmission felt a little tighter than the typical slushbox, but not by much.

But this automatic has seven gears and paddle shifters, so we expect it performs better than a traditional slushbox.

The eight - speed auto slushbox has a «special calibration» and can swap cogs in a pretty brisk 150 milliseconds.

The 305 - hp, 3.7 - liter V - 6 carries over, but in place of the antiquated five - speed slushbox, Acura has installed a six - speed manual and also added a host of driveline reinforcements.

With the automatic TL's mushy torque converter and slushbox deep - sixed, the Super Handling system is remarkably undiluted.

You can get it with either a Tremec manual gearbox or a more conventional slushbox, though both transmissions have six forward ratios.

This unit can click off gear changes in just 100 milliseconds, so it's a slushbox in name only.

But even with the automatic transmission — remember, it was the Dynaflow from which this transmission is derived that gave us the term «slushbox» — the bantamweight Apollo is eager to take off.

Both models will offer an eight - speed automatic in place of the current six - speed slushbox.

The use of hydraulic transmission fluid makes for very smooth changes and explains why traditional automatic gearboxes are sometimes known as «slushboxes».

Oh, a slushbox will never be as efficient as an equivalent manual.

Nissan says the Z NISMO Roadster concept has it because the majority of Z Roadster buyers spec the slushbox instead of the manual.

Although you could probably fit a two - speed slushbox and still get rapid acceleration, Porsche has developed a new dual - clutch eight - speed PDK transmission.

Looks great, but why on earth would you move from a sub-1300kg 5 - pot with a dual clutch to an 1850 kg behemoth hybrid with a slushbox?

We didn't have to touch the paddle shifters at all, and usually we do that no matter how good the slushbox is.

BMW say the 8 - speed slushbox is a first for its class.

The 2,600,000 won (RM 98,000) Adventure model throws in the slushbox as standard as well as 18 - inch wheels, projector headlights, LED positioning lights and indicators, extra leather trim, a heated steering wheel, an auto - dimming rear - view mirror and keyless entry.

A «slushbox» this is not; we figure it'll give most dual - clutch units a run for their money, both in expediency and overall satisfaction.

With the slushbox, top speed is only 174 mph, but you do enjoy a slightly better city fuel economy rating of 17 mpg.

At the scales, the E63 is trimmer at 4,282 pounds, while the CTS - V comes in at 4,396 pounds with the stick and 4,424 pounds with the six - speed slushbox.

Under normal conditions, the automatic transmission doesn't suffer from the gear hunting issues that some slushboxes do, but its tendency to want to stay in top gear makes sport driving a bit of a mess, with downshifts coming on unpredictably.

We're a bit surprised not to see the new transverse GM - Ford 9 - speed automatic transmission make an appearance, but here again, the refreshed Lincoln MKC will make do with the outgoing vehicle's equipment: an ordinary 6 - speed slushbox.

A six - speed manual is the only transmission on offer — no slushbox here.

If you're wondering how effective the MCT gearbox is versus the latest slew of dual - clutch transmissions, especially the one found in the F10 M5, the gearbox in the CLS AMG is noticeably slower, yet no less effective in delivering the goods and there isn't the sort of obvious slurring that many would expect from a slushbox.

Typically this is where we complain about how crappy the automatic gearbox was and how it impinged on our fun, but the Scion's slushbox is not bad for a torque converted automatic.

A six - speed manual gearbox is provided with the Fiesta ST, and there's no slushbox option, but the car does feature more rapid steering than the entry - level Fiesta, as well as a distinctive body kit and a better tuned suspension.

Even with the slushbox's sluggish efforts off the line, our Fit Sport tackled the urban landscape with some aplomb, at least while the pavement played nice.

The slushbox can be operated sequentially in Europe, with a paddle shift option available; expect the latter to be standard - fit in Aussie cars.

This may be your last chance to own a high - powered sports car with a REAL manual transmission as CVT and slushboxes are getting more acceptance with their «fake» shift controls.