Not exact matches
Doing so helps to tremendously
smooth out
gear changes on many motorcycles,
as the new
gear is essentially spun up to speed before attempting to actually engage it.
It's not quite
as smooth or quick to
change gear as the VW unit, but it's still a sophisticated, non-obtrusive gearbox that doesn't degrade the Focus's fundamentally excellent driving experience.
The engine comes with a 7 - speed DSG unit which,
as always with VW DSGs, offers buttery
smooth gear changes.
The
gear changes feel clunky, and the engine isn't
as smooth.
As before, the CVT creates
smooth acceleration, with no
gear changes to cause power drops.
The City mode is the best
as you drive sedately and can barely notice the
gears changing, the cog swapping is
smooth but happens under 3000 RPM.
Plus, the
gear changes themselves are
smooth and fairly quick (if not
as instantaneous
as the automatics in, say, the BMW 5 Series and the Jaguar XF), and the transmission does a good job at selecting the most appropriate
gear when you're not using the paddles behind the steering wheel to go up and down the «box.
The acceleration was very
smooth and
as well
as going thru
gear on automatic
as well
as using the shifter to manual
change gears.