Sentences with phrase «traditional automatic gearboxes»

The Volkswagen Group intends to phase out the use of traditional automatic gearboxes in their product range entirely, replacing them with it's advanced Direct Shift Gearbox, or DSG.

Back in the transmission's normal mode the shifts are slurred like a traditional automatic gearbox, but the same mighty performance is always on tap regardless of your driving mode.

These are artificial positions along the cones that mimic the gears of a traditional automatic gearbox.

It will go up against the likes of the Tata Nexon and the Mahindra TUV300, both of which also get AMT units as compared to a traditional automatic gearbox.

It uses a CVT (continuously variable transmission) and although these gearboxes usually make the engine sound like it's working particularly hard, this one successfully mimics a traditional automatic gearbox.

The majority of Accord sedan buyers probably won't notice the difference from a traditional automatic gearbox.

So it seems that having a 4 - something liter twin - turbo V8, traditional automatic gearbox and an all - wheel drive system with two - wheel drive mode is the right way to make a performance sedan.

Unlike a traditional automatic gearbox, the CVT uses infinite gear ratios to deliver power and can exploit peak power and torque bands more easily.

Not exact matches

As on the last Speed3, expect Mazda to offer only a manual transmission; the company has no experience with dual - clutch gearboxes and is unlikely to put a traditional automatic in such a performance - oriented car.

Also new was an optional sequential manual gearbox (SMG), a single - clutch automated manual that replaced the traditional automatic transmission.

A better bet is likely to be the BlueHDi 180 with a traditional six - speed automatic gearbox — or, for evo readers, the punchy 163bhp THP petrol.

Like the seven - speed item it replaces, the new unit remains an automatic gearbox with a wet clutch arrangement rather than a traditional torque - converter, or a more sophisticated double - clutch unit prefered by some rivals.

There's also no manual gearbox option: the RC 200t has a traditional eight - speed automatic gearbox, while the RC 300h gets a more sophisticated (but somewhat irritating) CVT automatic.

Outputs range from around 175kW to well beyond 200kW and both drive through a traditional eight - speed automatic gearbox.

Many carmakers these days offer a dual - clutch gearbox instead of a traditional automatic.

Dual - clutch gearboxes also usually manage to be more economical than either a traditional automatic or a manual, while frequently achieving improved performance as well.

Buyers are restricted to a standard dual - clutch unit — the same seven - speed gearbox used in other recent 911 models offering both manual and automatic operation both through a traditional lever on the center console and steering - wheel - mounted paddles.

The seven speed PDK gearbox, which comes as standard, is brilliantly effective, capable of firing off up shifts under full load with the sort of decisiveness and speed you're unlikely to ever achieve with a traditional manual gearbox out on the open road while providing imbibing smoothness and efficiency when asked to perform as an automatic on part throttle openings around town.

The automatic gearbox is fantastic, offering the smoothness of a traditional automatic with the speed of a double - clutch unit.

Driven wheels are limited to one option — the rear wheels only — though buyers have a choice between a traditional 6 - speed manual gearbox, with auto rev - matching on downshifts, and a 7 - speed M - DCT dual clutch automatic.

Most small cars come with traditional four -, five - or now more commonly, six - speed automatic transmissions, although you can find manual gearboxes, if you are more of a do - it - yourselfer who prefers a more engaging driving experience.

The Skyactiv gearbox is based on a traditional automatic transmission, something that is disappearing in many other cars.

The new MSHS combines the elements of a Toyota / Lexus traditional full hybrid powertrain — including a 220 kW, 348 N · m 3.5 - liter V6 gasoline engine, electric motor and lithium - ion battery pack — with a 4 - speed automatic gearbox mounted at the rear of the hybrid transmission.

Drive is channeled, as in the RS5, through a specially calibrated version of Audi's seven - speed, dual - clutch S - Tronic gearbox offering both manual and automatic modes and its traditional Torsen torque - sensing four - wheel - drive system.

Power is applied to the road through a six - speed automatic gearbox, with the transmission - mounted 50 kW electric motor replacing the traditional torque converter.

Regardless of engine, the lone transmission is a 6 - speed automated manual that operates like an automatic; a traditional manual gearbox is not offered.

The lack of a traditional shifter on the console or a clutch pedal, and the inclusion of steering wheel paddle shifters suggest either a dual - clutch or automatic gearbox for any future car based off the concept.

Like other pure electric vehicles, all variants of the car come with automatic / direct drive, so there is no need for a traditional gearbox.

The attention pays off, though nobody will mistake the gearbox for a traditional automatic.

The Tiago also gets a traditional shifter, which we think a lot of drivers who are new to the automatic gearbox will appreciate and it gets a sport mode.

As in the S8, the new performance SUV channels its reserves through an eight - speed torque converter equipped automatic gearbox and Audi's traditional Torsen torque sensing quattro four - wheel drive system, with a torque vectoring function integrated into a so - called Sport Differential to provide individual apportioning of drive to each of the rear wheels.

That can be paired with either a traditional six - speed manual gearbox or a 7 - speed automatic.

The transmission options are either a Lamborghini - sourced six - speed manual gearbox with metal gate for the shift lever, or an Audi - developed R Tronic [2] gearbox — which is a semi-automatic, without a traditional clutch pedal with automatic gears shifting mode.